Cooperation on Belt and Road Initiatives

CHINESE President Xi Jinping put forward the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road Initiatives during his visits in 2013 to Central Asia and Southeast Asia.Over the past year,both have helped promote China’s cooperation with countries in Central and Southeast Asia,in such areas as trade and monetary cooperation,transport connectivity,and people-to-people exchanges.The Silk Road Economic Belt stretches from China to Europe through West Asia.The 21st Century Maritime Silk Road extends from China to the Indian Ocean,the Arabian Sea,and the Gulf through Southeast Asia.Both of these open and inclusive economic belts enjoy the universal benefits of winwin cooperation.Cooperation along the