In Prague on 7th September 2017
Dear distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, friends,
I am greatly delighted to greet you from Prague, Czech Republic and to open this Silk Road Business Summit and the Silk Road International Culture Week.
We have already seen many successes accomplished thanks to the Belt and Road Initiative. In this respect, we are witnesses of intensive cooperation between China and 16 countries from Central and Eastern Europe. Based on the Belt and Road Initiative, many friendships have been established and new opportunities have already raised up.
Nevertheless, there is always space for new friendships, new fields of cooperation as well as new opportunities and I wish to this Summit to be exactly the place where all of it will come true.
Cheers for the 2017 Silk Road Business Summit and Silk Road International Culture Week!
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