The Belt and Road Initiative is important for building soft power, said Clayton Dube, executive director of the University of Southern California's US-China Institute.
The Belt and Road Initiative could tremendously bolster ties between China and Kuwait, Chinese Ambassador Wang Di has said.
The Belt and Road Initiative plays a key role in the internationalization of China's currency, the renminbi, according to experts attending a financial forum in Yichun City on Aug 12.
Singapore stands ready to partner China to jointly build the Belt and Road Initiative, Singapore's Minister for National Development Lawrence Wong said on Aug. 15.
The China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative will bring broad opportunities to the economic growth of Belarus, a Belarusian economist has said.
China is well-positioned to achieve steady economic growth thanks to the development of the Belt and Road Initiative, according to a senior U.S. economist.
Head of Egyptian Transport Association (ETA) Mohammed Shehata said on Aug. 13 that China can be a main player in developing Egypt's railway system.
The importance of the Belt and Road Initiative for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries is evident as infrastructure is a key to boost the competitiveness of the region, said an economist.
China-Laos railway starts from the Mohan-Moten border area between the two countries, running over 400 km to Lao capital Vientiane with designed operating speed of 160 km per hour. Over 60 percent of the route are bridges and tunnels.
China, a pivotal country to Kenya's progress, has injected needed investments to open up resource-rich but long-unexploited regions in the African country, said a Kenyan analyst in an interview with Xinhua.