Belt and Road

This year's Belt and Road Summit, bringing together senior government officials and business leaders from across the globe, will run on 11-12 September at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.

Mineral-rich Northeast China, comprising the coastal Liaoning and landlocked Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces, has traditionally been a centre for heavy industry and is now reworking itself as a hub for high-value, high-technology production.

Young entrepreneurs were born into a world where the commercial internet was already an everyday reality, and mobile phones were ubiquitous.

Until recently the words “Middle East” simply called to mind a source of mineral energy resources and lengthy history, but recently the region has become a powerhouse of innovative technologies, as well as both a source and destination for investment funds.

Business leaders from around the world descended on Hong Kong this week to map out a shared future in a world of realigning supply chains, a fourth industrial revolution and global desire to deploy sustainable technologies.

The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) links economies, companies and organisations across the world in a decade-old programme to innovatively fast-track development for all.