Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation
The Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (also known as the Belt and Road Forum or BaRF)[1] is an international political and economical forum of the Belt and Road Initiative held on 14–15 May 2017 and 25–27 April 2019 in Beijing.
2017[]
The first event was on 14 and 15 May 2017 in Beijing, and drew 29 foreign heads of state and government and representatives from more than 130 countries and 70 international organizations.[2]
Agenda and activities[]
The purpose of the forum is described by Wang Xiaotao, deputy head of the National Development and Reform Commission, in an interview with Xinhua as building "a more open and efficient international cooperation platform; a closer, stronger partnership network; and to push for a more just, reasonable and balanced international governance system."[3] Western media coverage portrays the forum in a similar way with CNN referring to the event under the headline "China's new world order" and the Los Angeles Times running the article "Globalization 2.0: How China's two-day summit aims to shape a new world order".[4][5]
The forum will be a platform for working out action plans for implementation of the initiative in the areas of infrastructure, energy and resources, production capacity, trade and investment and identification of major projects.[3] It is also intended to be an opportunity for the signing of cooperation agreements with countries and international organizations in the areas of financial cooperation mechanism; a cooperation platform for science, technology and environmental protection; and enhanced exchanges and training of talent and financing agreements for backing projects.[3]
Attendance[]
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Heads of state and government
People's Republic of China (Host):
- President Xi Jinping
- Premier Li Keqiang
- Vice-Premier Zhang Gaoli
The forum is attended by 29 foreign heads of state and government and their respective delegations:[6]
Prime Minister Beata Szydło of Poland
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán of Hungary
Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić of Serbia
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras of Greece
Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni of Italy
Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy of Spain
Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn of Ethiopia
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe of Sri Lanka
Prime Minister Jargaltulga Erdenebat of Mongolia
Prime Minister Hun Sen of Cambodia
Prime Minister Mahathir bin Mohamad of Malaysia
Prime Minister Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama of Fiji
State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi of Myanmar
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte of the Philippines
President Trần Đại Quang of Vietnam
President Joko Widodo of Indonesia
President Bounnhang Vorachith of Laos
President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya
President Vladimir Putin of Russia
President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus
President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev of Uzbekistan
President Almazbek Atambayev of Kyrgyzstan
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkey
President Miloš Zeman of the Czech Republic
President Doris Leuthard of Switzerland
President Mauricio Macri of Argentina
President Michelle Bachelet of Chile
Heads of international organizations
Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres
World Bank President, Jim Yong Kim
- Managing director of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde
- Director-General of the International Renewable Energy Agency, Adnan Z. Amin
- Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum, Klaus Schwab
- President of the United Nations General Assembly, Peter Thomson[7]
- Secretary General of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Enzo Quattrociocche
- Interpol Secretary General Jürgen Stock[8]
- Director General of the World Trade Organization Roberto Azevêdo[9]
Director-General of UNESCO Irina Bokova[10]
Secretary General of CIS Sergei Lebedev
- Director General of the World Health Organization Margaret Chan[11]
Ministerial level The online magazine The Diplomat documents the following incomplete list of ministerial level attendees.[6]
Afghanistan: Unspecified minister-level delegation
Australia: Trade Minister Steven Ciobo
Azerbaijan: Economy Minister Shahin Mustafayev
Bangladesh: Unspecified minister-level delegation
Brazil: Secretary for Strategic Affairs Hussein Ali Kalout
North Korea: Minister of External Economic Relations Kim Yong-jae
Egypt: Trade and Industry Minister Tarek Kabil
European Union: Parliament Secretary General Klaus Welle
Finland: Minister of Transport and Communications Anne Berner
France: Former Prime Minister, Member of the French Senate Jean-Pierre Raffarin
Germany: Minister of Economic Affairs and Energy Brigitte Zypries
Iran: Minister of Economy and Finance Ali Tayebnia
Iraq: unspecificed minister-level delegation[12][13]
Kuwait: Minister of the Amiri Diwan Affairs Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber
Maldives: Economic Minister Mohamed Saeed
Nepal: Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Krishna Bahadur Mahara
New Zealand: Science and Innovation Minister Paul Goldsmith
Qatar: Minister of Transport and Communications Jassim Saif Ahmed Al Sulaiti[14]
Romania: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Environment Gratiela Gavrilescu
Saudi Arabia: Minister of Energy, Industry, and Mineral Resources Khalid A. Al-Falih
Singapore: Minister for National Development and Second Minister for Finance Lawrence Wong
South Korea: National Assembly member
Syria: unspecificed minister-level delegation
Thailand: Minister of Foreign Affairs Don Pramudwinai, Minister of Transportation Arkhom Termpittayapaisith, Minister of Commerce Apiradi Tantraporn, Minister of Digital for Economy and Society Pichet Durongkaveroj, and Minister of Science and Technology Atchaka Sibunruang
Trinidad and Tobago: Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister and Minister in the Ministry of the Attorney General and Legal Affairs Stuart Young
Tunisia: Culture Minister Mohamed Zine El-Abidine
Ukraine: Unspecified ministerial-level delegation
United Arab Emirates: Minister of State and Group CEO of ADNOC Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber
United Kingdom: Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond
United States: delegation led by White House adviser Matt Pottinger.[15]
Japan: delegation led by Toshihiro Nikai, secretary-general of the ruling party Liberal Democratic Party.[16]
Venues[]
In 2017 the events were held at National Convention Center in the urban Chaoyang District and and Jixian hall at in the outer suburb Huairou District.[17]
2019[]
A second Belt and Road Forum was held from 25 to 27 April 2019 in Beijing.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b Parameswaran, Prashanth (May 7, 2019). "What's in China's New Belt and Road Recalibration?". The Diplomat.
- ^ "Belt and Road Forum to bring about fresh ideas". State Council of the People's Republic of China. May 12, 2017.
- ^ a b c "Belt and Road forum agenda set". Xinhua News Agency. April 18, 2017.
- ^ "China's new world order: Xi, Putin and others meet for Belt and Road Forum". CNN. May 14, 2017.
- ^ "Globalization 2.0: How China's two-day summit aims to shape a new world order". Los Angeles Times. May 12, 2017.
- ^ a b "Belt and Road Attendees List". The Diplomat. May 12, 2017.
- ^ "Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation – General Assembly of the United". United Nations. May 14, 2017. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
- ^ "Interpol to help promote security along Belt & Road". China Radio International. May 14, 2017. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
- ^ "The Belt and Road Forum for Int'l Cooperation". China Internet Information Center. May 13, 2017. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
- ^ "China, UNESCO to enhance cooperation on Belt and Road". Xinhua News Agency. May 13, 2017. Retrieved May 22, 2017.
- ^ "Liu Yandong meets with WHO Director-General Margaret Chan". National Health and Family Planning Commission. May 15, 2017. Retrieved May 22, 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "List of Deliverables of the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation". China Daily. May 16, 2017. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
- ^ "Belt and Road Forum fuels energy deals". China Daily. May 21, 2017. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
- ^ "HE Jassim bin Saif Al Sulaiti Appointed Minister of Transport and Communications". Ministry of Transport and Communications. May 15, 2017. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
- ^ "U.S. to send delegation to China's Belt and Road summit". Reuters. May 12, 2017. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
- ^ "Tokyo sends big delegation to China's Silk Road forum". Nikkei. May 13, 2017. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
- ^ Zhu, Jingruo; He, Yong; Wang, Haonan (May 12, 2017). "Beijing ready for Belt and Road forum". People's Daily.
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