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China pledges 40 bln USD for Silk Road Fund

China pledges 40 bln USD for Silk Road Fund
China pledges 40 bln USD for Silk Road Fund

(Beijing) – President Xi Jinping said China will contribute 40 billion U.S. dollars to set up a Silk Road Fund at a dialogue meeting on strengthening connectivity and improving cooperation in the country’s neighbourhood. Xi made the pledge when making a five-point proposal aimed at promoting interconnected development in the Asia-Pacific region as he met with leaders of Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, Mongolia, Myanmar, Pakistan and Tajikistan.
Also attending the meeting were representatives of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.
The new Silk Road Fund will be used to provide investment and financing support to carry out infrastructure, resources, industrial cooperation, financial cooperation and other projects related to connectivity for countries along the “Belt and Road”, Xi said, referring to China’s Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road initiatives.
He added that the fund will be “open” to active participation by investors from both within and outside of Asia.
According to Xi, the goal of the new Silk Road Fund is to “break the bottleneck in Asian connectivity by building a financing platform.”
(Courtesy WAM)

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