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On 10 April 2017, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) and the China Bond rating agency, unveiled the results of their report on the Belt and Road initiative at a press conference. According to their results, China has invested
Before meeting with the US President in Florida, Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Finland on April 4, 2017 and was able to discuss with Finnish President Sauli Niinistö and Prime Minister Juha Sipila. The two heads of state share the
While infrastructure is at the core of the Belt and Road initiative, this project also requires the implementation of common commercial and legal instruments and rules for the states of the new Silk Road. The intensification of trade along the
On May 14 and 15 2017, the first “Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation” will be held in China, and will bring together some 20 heads of state and government. For Wang Yiwei, researcher at the Center for China
In early March 2017, Ms. Fu Ying, spokesperson for the 5th annual session of the 12th National People’s Congress of China, encouraged India to integrate the OBOR initiative. But until now India has shown reluctance to this proposal. a) OBOR
French Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve, accompanied by Marisol Touraine, Minister of Health, Jean-Marie Le Guen, Secretary of State for “La Francophonie” and Mathias Fekl, Secretary of State for foreign trade, paid a three-day official visit to China ( 21-23 February
Sergio Mattarella, President of the Italian Republic met with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping during his state visit to Beijing from 21 to 26 February 2017. The Italian president was accompanied by a delegation of entrepreneurs. The Italian Head of
In February 2017, Jean-Claude Gaudin, Mayor of Marseille laid the foundation stone of the “Marseille International Fashion Center 68” (MIF 68), which will open in July 2017. This structure will aim to become the largest wholesale market of Chinese textile
Chinese President Xi Jinping invited Theresa May, British Prime Minister, to the One Belt One Road initiative summit to be held in Beijing in early May. Some twenty heads of state, including the presidents of Russia, Philippines and the prime
Ireland is expected to join the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank this year. Its membership was informally granted on 25 January 2017 during a meeting between Michael Noonan, the Finance Minister of Ireland and Jin Liqun, President of the AIIB. By