BRI mobilizes US$1T in investment, lifts 40M people out of poverty

Since the launch of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), China has implemented over 2,000 aid projects in over 120 BRI partner countries, mobilizing nearly US$1 trillion in investment and helping nearly 40 million people escape poverty, said Luo Zhaohui, chairman of the China International Development Cooperation Agency, at a press conference Tuesday.