2020-12-29 03:35:18 GMT2020-12-29 11:35:18(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
Workers install seamless welded rails on the China-Laos railway in the northern suburbs of Vientiane, Laos, June 18, 2020. (Photo by Kaikeo Saiyasane/Xinhua)
HONG KONG, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- By bringing multi-dimensional connectivity, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) means a lot to Asian countries like Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
What is Belt & Road?
Proposed by China in 2013, the BRI, which consists of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road, features building infrastructure and trade networks to connect Asia, Europe and Africa along the ancient trade routes of the Silk Road.