1. THE BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVES

2. Ancient Silk Road
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3. Maritime Silk Road
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4. I. Openness and Inclusiveness

5. II. Peace and Cooperation

6. III. Mutual Benefit and Win-Win

7. 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.

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

9. People-to-people Bond

11. China's Sister City Relationship with Other Countries
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

12. China International Friendship Cities Conference
Beijing, 2008

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

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

15. 1st China-US Sister Cities Conference
Washington DC, 2014

16. 2nd China-US Sister Cities Conference
Chicago, 2015

17. 3rd China-US Sister Cities Conference Nanchang, Jiangxi Province 2016

18. BRICS Friendship Cities and Local Governments Cooperation Forum

19. China-India Exchange and Cooperation Mechanism

20. 21st Century Maritime Cooperation Committee

21. Summit of International Sister Cities along the Silk Road

22. BCIM Government Cooperation Forum

23. Tell Chinese Stories along the Maritime Silk Road

25. Thank you!