The Belt and Road Initiative is one of the most important initiatives on the planet right now. Not because of its economic and geographical magnitude, but because of its potential to create something new and much needed.
Waldemar Pawlak, former Polish prime minister, said the China-led initiative has given his country a new chance to reposition its development strategy by turning Warsaw and the neighboring region into an aviation, railway and economic hub.
Countries along the Belt and Road can benefit from China's Belt and Road Initiative by seeking further economic integration, greater investment and better governance.
The Belt and Road Initiative has proved to be an effective agent for boosting cooperation among the non-governmental sectors of countries along the routes.
The China-Myanmar economic corridor could help secure regional stability, which is key to nipping terrorism and extremism in bud.
Southeast Asia will benefit from the Belt and Road Initiative, the Philippine finance chief said on Monday, adding the China-proposed initiative complements the intensive efforts of the 10-nation ASEAN to strengthen and build its intra-regional connectivity.
After making significant headway in the past four years, the Belt and Road Initiative has entered the implementation stage and was even cited as a priority for further opening up the Chinese economy at the 19th CPC National Congress.
The Belt and Road Initiative is playing a key role in boosting the connectivity among member states of the ASEAN, a Cambodian government official said Wednesday.
The Belt and Road Initiative holds the key to whether China can face its major economic challenge of further deepening economic reform and opening-up, according to a prominent Chinese economist.
As ASEAN and China leaders are due to meet in Manila, the Philippines next week, a Cambodian scholar has said that the ASEAN-China relations would be closer in the future thanks to the Belt and Road Initiative.
Members of the ASEAN are the prior and primary partners of China in promoting the Belt and Road Initiative, Chinese Ambassador to ASEAN Xu Bu said.
Despite some concerns, increased partnership between China and Balkan countries has initiated a "new era" of financial benefit and Sino-European relations.
The Belt and Road Initiative has opened a new era of inclusiveness and globalization. However, a prominent problem lies in that we are short of talented people who have an in-depth knowledge of the countries along the route.
With the Belt and Road Initiative, China's provinces have accelerated their efforts to connect with other parts of the world. They have cooperated with regional governments in Europe, offering timely help to strengthen private-public partnership in order to build industrial parks, business hubs or cultural centers.
The Belt and Road Initiative will provide an important engine for global growth and bring benefits to Southeast Asian countries, said former Thai PM Abhisit Vejjajiva.
With increasing international challenges, including fragmentation in free trade arrangements, China has always been vigrously promoting a regional free trade pact in the Asia-Pacific that is open, inclusive and beneficial to all.
Experts in Malaysia hope that the upcoming APEC summit could push for greater economic ties and expect China to take the lead.
Further tangible initiatives highlighting the continued internationalization of the Chinese economy abound, but perhaps one of the most significant was launched only a few weeks ago: the establishment of a payment-versus-payment, or PVP, system for Chinese yuan and Russian rouble trade transactions.
Cambodian Minister of Tourism Thong Khon said on Wednesday that China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) will greatly contribute to the development of tourism for all participating countries.
The regions along B&R are full of development opportunities, and China's telecom operators have unique advantages to explore the markets, Stephen Ho has said.
China's Belt and Road Initiative will greatly benefit the ASEAN, especially in infrastructure development, officials and academics said at a symposium.
The B&R Initiative is of great importance not only to countries along the ancient Silk Road trade routes but also to the whole world, said Palestinian President.
The China-proposed B&R Initiative is "positive" for Asian countries, said visiting Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in Washington on Wednesday.
The economic initiatives China is undertaking have fulfilled people's hope that China will be a responsible stakeholder playing a positive and constructive role in the international system, said a U.S. business leader.
The following is a selection of quotes by foreign leaders and observers on China's Belt and Road Initiative.
China has helped promote international cooperation and dialogue through the Belt and Road Initiative, former French prime minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin said.
One of China's biggest contributions to global governance in the past five years may be the Belt and Road Initiative.
The Belt and Road Initiative mirrors the profound transformation of a China that has become more active on the global stage, an Italian scholar said.
The revival of the Silk Road spirit emphasizes fairness and the sharing of development opportunities.
China's Belt and Road Initiative is set to receive a boost following the upcoming National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), said one observer.