Ministries step up efforts to implement Belt&Road documents

The Ministry of Finance, China Meteorological Administration, Civil Aviation Administration of China and the China National Tourism Administration are actively engaged in cooperation with the countries along the routes of the Belt and Road Initiative.

The Ministry of Finance of China endorsed the Guiding Principles on Financing the Development of the Belt and Road with the ministries of finance of relevant countries on the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing on May 14-15.

An agreement signed by the China Meteorological Administration and the World Meteorological Organization during the forum commits the two sides to strengthening their overall cooperation and promoting meteorological information exchanges, improving meteorological services for Belt and Road projects, and stepping up efforts in disaster reduction, meteorological researches and meteorological disaster monitoring, forecasting and early warning.  

Airlines under the Civil Aviation Administration of China have direct routes to 43 countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative, with about 4,200 flights every week.

The administration offers scholarships for more than 360 people from almost nearly 20 Belt and Road countries to receive aviation professional training in China.

China National Tourism Administration has organized China ice-snow tourism promotional activities in the United Arab Emirates, Malaysia and Singapore.