The press center for the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation is put into use in Beijing, May 12, 2017. The forum will be held from May 14 to 15 in Beijing. President Xi Jinping will attend the opening ceremony and host a roundtable leaders' summit. The Belt and Road Initiative proposed by China in 2013 consists of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road. It aims to build a trade and infrastructure network connecting Asia with Europe and Africa along, and beyond, the ancient Silk Road trade routes. (Photo: China News Service/Hou Yu)
