Xi Jinping and B&R Initiative

May 19, 2014--The logistics terminal jointly built by China and Kazakhstan went into operation in the port of Lianyungang in east China. It was the first tangible platform under the framework of the Silk Road Economic Belt.

2013

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, speaks at the Central Economic Work Conference in Beijing, capital of China. The conference is held in Beijing from Dec. 10 to 13, 2013. (Xinhua/Li Tao)

December 2013--President Xi Jinping called for strengthening infrastructure connectivity in the process of implementing the Belt and Road Initiative and building a community of common interests at the annual Central Economic Work Conference.

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, addresses the Third Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 12, 2013. The session lasted from Nov. 9 to 12. (Xinhua/Lan Hongguang)

November 2013--The Third Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China calls for accelerating infrastructure links among neighboring countries and facilitating the construction of the Belt and Road Initiative.

Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a speech to Indonesian lawmakers at the House of Representatives of Indonesia in Jakarta, capital of Indonesia, Oct. 3, 2013. (Xinhua/Ma Zhancheng)

Oct. 3, 2013--President Xi Jinping proposed building the 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road in his speech at the Indonesian parliament.

Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a speech at the Nazarbayev University in Astana, Kazakhstan, Sept. 7, 2013. (Xinhua/Wang Ye)

Sep. 7, 2013--President Xi Jinping proposed building the Silk Road Economic Belt in his speech delivered at Nazarbayev University in Kazakhstan.