China marks decade of belt and road with white paper declaring redoubled commitment to help developing countries
- Paper says strategy will continue to be Beijing’s ‘overarching plan and its top-level design’ for opening up and international cooperation
- By June, China had signed more than 200 belt and road cooperation agreements with 152 nations and 32 international institutions across five continents
“China is ready to increase its resource input in global cooperation,” the document said. “It will work to achieve a greater say for emerging economies and developing countries in global governance.”
“[China] will support any initiative that can genuinely help developing countries build infrastructure and achieve shared progress,” the white paper read.
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China’s Belt and Road, 10 years on
It said the Belt and Road Initiative provided new solutions for improving global governance when “certain countries” overstretched the concept of national security and sought “decoupling” in the name of “derisking”.
The newly published white paper titled “The Belt and Road Initiative: A Key Pillar of the Global Community of Shared Future” came before the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing. The forum is scheduled to take place this month to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the global infrastructure development strategy.