The Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded--

On June 27, a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Zhao Lijian, presided over a regular press conference.

A reporter asked questions that the leaders of the Seven Kingdoms Group were holding a meeting. These leaders said that they would raise $ 600 billion in investment in infrastructure to help developing countries compete with China's "Belt and Road" initiative. What is China's comment?

Zhao Lijian said that I saw the reports. They also said that China's "Belt and Road" initiative caused a debt trap. The so -called "Belt and Road" caused debt trap, which was completely a pseudo -proposition.

According to Zhao Lijian, the "Belt and Road" initiative has proposed for nine years, and has always adhered to the principles of discussion, co -construction, and sharing, and brought real interests to the people of relevant countries. According to the World Bank's calculation, if the traffic infrastructure projects under the "Belt and Road" framework are implemented, by 2030, it is expected to generate $ 1.6 trillion in revenue worldwide every year, accounting for 1.3%of the global GDP, of which 90%will be by partners' countries. Share, low -income and low -income countries benefit more. From 2015 to 2030, 7.6 million people will get rid of extreme poverty and 32 million people get rid of moderate poverty.

Zhao Lijian pointed out that in fact, there is no saying that there is no "Belt and Road" partner country that recognizes the so -called "Belt and Road" to cause debt trap. The United States is the true manufacturer of debt trap. The United States expanded monetary policy, financial innovation, and maliciously short -term behaviors have exacerbated the debt burden of developing countries, and it is even more difficult to blame the land trap of relevant countries to fall into the debt trap.

Regarding the new initiative proposed by the Seven Kingdoms Group, Zhao Lijian emphasized that China always welcomes all initiatives to promote global infrastructure construction. We believe that there are no problems that have been replaced by various related initiatives, but we oppose the words and deeds of infrastructure construction, promote geopolitical calculations, and smear the "Belt and Road" initiative. I also noticed that a year ago, at the Summit of the Seventh Kingdom Group, the United States proposed the "rebuilding a better world" initiative and promised to promote the global infrastructure initiative different from the "Belt and Road". "The initiative, or what other initiatives, the international community hopes to see the real gold and silver and the project that really benefits the people.

Source | Beijing Daily Client

Supervision | Sun Yande

Review | Sun Peng

Edit | Guo Qingna

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