The 9th Belt and Road Summit was held yesterday by 6,000 political and business leaders from Belt and Road countries and regions, including government officials from nearly 10 countries, prominent international business leaders, more than 100 delegations and 38 central Chinese state-owned enterprises.

The government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China has announced that the 9th Belt and Road Summit has opened.

Officials in the Ministry of Economy of China say that the export and import of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) of this country has increased in the first three months of the year.