The leaders' roundtable meeting of the second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF) is held in Beijing, April 27, 2019. (Xinhua Photo)
The initiative has reaped tangible results in the six years since its birth in 2013. It has also accumulated worldwide support. So far, 127 countries and 29 international organizations have signed up.
Wang hailed support from the participants, stressing that their active participation contributed greatly to building global connectivity partnership.
New beginning, more tangible progress
Looking forward to the future, Wang said China will stick to the direction of common development.
BRI advocates multilateralism and we will continue to follow the principle of achieving shared growth through discussion and collaboration, said the minister.
A worker installs solar panels at the site of a solar power plant in the Daman district of Kandahar province in southern Afghanistan, December 16, 2018. (Xinhua Photo)
"We will adhere to the people-centered principle and align with the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development," said Wang. "We will focus on poverty alleviation, employment improvement and the fight against corruption in a bid to let the BRI better benefit all people.
"And we will accept international rules and practice which are generally accepted, stick to result-orientation, action-orientation and project-orientation and push forward more high-quality cooperative projects."
Wang also stressed that China will build a multilevel cooperation structure and actively prepare for the third forum on the basis of implementing the results of the second.
Standing at a new starting point, more high-quality projects will be built, he added, noting that a general connectivity framework consisting of six corridors and six connectivity routes will be further promoted.
