THE BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVES

Ancient Silk Road TEXT

Maritime Silk Road TEXT

I. Openness and Inclusiveness

II. Peace and Cooperation

III. Mutual Benefit and Win-Win

The Belt & Road Initiatives Sep.7th, 2013, the initiative of building the Silk Road Economic Belt was raised for the first time in President Xi Jinping's speech at Kazakhstan's Nazarbayev University. Oct.3rd, 2013, the initiative of building the 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road was raised for the first time in President Xi Jinping's speech at Indonesia's Parliament.

Key Elements Policy Coordination Facility Connectivity Unimpeded Trade Financial Integration People-to-people Ties

People-to-people Bond

China's Sister City Relationship with Other Countries 1973-2017 With the World With the U.S. 2546 pairs of sister city (province/state) relations with 136 countries Tianjin-Kobe, China's First Sister City 271 pairs of sister city (province/state) relations Hubei Province-Ohio, First Sister Province/State Nanjing-St. Louis, First Sister City

China International Friendship Cities Conference Beijing, 2008

China International Friendship Cities Conference Shanghai, 2010 Chengdu, 2012 Guangzhou, 2014 Chongqing, 2016

China International Friendship Cities Conference Nov. 14-16, 2018, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China

1st China-US Sister Cities Conference Washington DC, 2014

2nd China-US Sister Cities Conference Chicago, 2015

3rd China-US Sister Cities Conference Nanchang, Jiangxi Province 2016

BRICS Friendship Cities and Local Governments Cooperation Forum

China-India Exchange and Cooperation Mechanism

21st Century Maritime Cooperation Committee

Summit of International Sister Cities along the Silk Road

BCIM Government Cooperation Forum

Tell Chinese Stories along the Maritime Silk Road

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