as well as diversify and expand the Chinese economy, which needs restructuring. This is the fourth Belt and Road forum I will attend. Xi announced the Silk Road Economic Belt as a "grand cause benefiting people in regional countries along the ancient route" in Kazakhstan in September 2013. In HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023572 --- P

tion to the stability of the world because it deals with areas of the world where there is the most instability," he said. The initiative refers to the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road initiative proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2013. It brings together countries in Asia, Europe an