The China-proposed "Belt and Road" initiatives will reinforce Dubai's role as trade and logistics hub in the region, a senior economic official said on Sunday.
Interview: Sri Lanka can play key role in China's maritime Silk Road, says leading analyst
The "Belt and Road" initiatives China has proposed to revive the ancient trade routes that span Asia, Africa and Europe have invigorated China's neighborhood diplomacy, a key pillar of its diplomatic layout.
Tsang Chun-wah, financial secretary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) government, has revealed that Hong Kong should seize the golden opportunity of China's"One Belt, One Road"strategy in which Hong Kong could become a major financing platform.
China has debuted a package of information services that could become a key information bank helping progress the Belt and Road Initiative.
China's Xinhua News Agency launched a new line of information products in a bid to help global investors form better partnerships along the Belt and Road Initiative on Thursday.
The "Belt and Road" initiative, a development strategy proposed by China, will inject fresh impetus into economic cooperation among members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).
After researching Maritime Silk Road relic sites in Nanjing for years, a professor at one of China's top universities is working with researchers from eight other cities to seek UNESCO World Heritage status for the ancient route.
China's Silk Road Fund on Monday unveiled its first project for investment in the Belt and Road initiative during Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit to Pakistan, marking a milestone of the all-weather strategic partnership of cooperation between the two countries.
The China-proposed "Belt and Road" initiatives reflect the common aspiration of countries along the routes and the implementation of the blueprint will bring huge benefits for Asia and the rest of the world.
China's decision to carry out a new round of high-quality opening up and move more swiftly in building a new open economy will not only benefit itself but also the world at large, observers in Thailand commented.
Referring to the "One Belt, One Road" initiatives as the Chinese version of Marshall Plan reveals the ignorance of some people and even the ulterior intentions of others.
For UN tourism chief Taleb Rifai, China's Silk Road initiatives are promising to inject new life into Silk Road tourism for a win-win situation.
China's Silk Road initiatives should not be referred to as another Marshall Plan, said a spokesman with the country's national political advisory body Monday.
China's initiative of building the "21st Century Maritime Silk Road" will significantly promote mutually beneficial cooperation between countries along the ancient sea route and share among them a vast market provided by China's economic expansion, a Sri Lankan expert said.
Even a not-so-close scrutiny of the maritime Silk Road proposed by China will allow the observer to know that the route passes large areas in the South China Sea.
A two-day international seminar on China's 21st Century Maritime Silk Road initiative opened Wednesday in southeast China's Quanzhou.
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