Belt and Road Initiative benefits peoples

The Belt and Road Initiative, proposed by President Xi Jinping in 2013 to promote shared prosperity, has brought practical benefits to the people, Xinhua News Agency reports.

"We have new employees, and we discuss salary rises and new consumption plans," said Matkovich, a worker in a steel rolling workshop of the Smederevo Steel Mill, in Serbia, which was purchased by China's HeSteel Group (HBIS).

More than 20 management executives from Laos visited Wuhan, Central China's Hubei province, to learn China's experience in high-speed railway operation inpreparation for the high-speed railway era in their country.

"The internet penetration rate is over 80 percent in developed countries, 40 percent in developing countries, and lower than 15 percent in the least-developed countries. The Belt and Road Initiative will help more countries to cross the 'digital gap', and let more people enjoy better development opportunities," said Zhao Houlin, secretary-general of the International Telecommunication Union.

Li Nan, an official at World Wildlife Fund's Beijing office, said China has accumulated its strengths in renewable energy technology, management and funding, which can help developing countries to reduce their reliance on fossil energy.

The ecological environment concept's popularization along the Belt and Road can let the people enjoy the development's fruits as well as a good natural environment.

Shilder, a young woman in Tanzania, told Xinhua News Agency that cable TV used to cost US$50 a month in her hometown. The Chinese companies' digital TV technology lowered the price to only several dollars. She is a dubbing speaker for a Chinese TV series.

Dura, a surgeon in Somalia, told Xinhua News Agency that he used to study medical science in Guangzhou, Guangdong province in South China, with the Chinese government’s financial support, and there are some doctors like him receiving training in China.

"The initiative concerns 60 percent of the world's population and 30 percent of global GDP," said Jim Yong Kim, president of the World Bank, "The 'forgotten' corners now face huge development opportunities," Said Wang Jun, head of information department at China Center for International Economic Exchanges.