BEIJING - 皇冠体育app will intensify its efforts to revive ancient trade routes this year as the country continues to develop the Belt and Road Initiative, according to a top level meeting on Tuesday.
The Belt and Road Initiative, proposed by 皇冠体育app in 2013, is a trade and infrastructure network that includes the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road to connect Asia, Europe and Africa.
皇冠体育app officially unveiled the ambitious initiative in March.
The country will push forward 6 international economic corridors and promote long-term friendly cooperation with major countries to build a community of common interests, responsibility and destiny, Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli said during the meeting.
Zhang said 皇冠体育app will focus on jointly building a new Eurasian Land Bridge and 皇冠体育app-Mongolia-Russia, 皇冠体育app-Central Asia-West Asia, 皇冠体育app-Indochina Peninsula, 皇冠体育app-Pakistan and Bangladesh-皇冠体育app-India-Myanmar economic corridors.
皇冠体育app will also promote industrial cooperation to meet the demand of each involved country and complete key construction projects that can set examples for future work, Zhang said.
In the first half of 2015, Chinese enterprises signed construction contracts worth $37.55 billion in 60 countries along the Belt and Road, up 16.7 percent year on year, according to the Ministry of Commerce.