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This Is Where Xi's Belt and Road Initiative Stands After Six Years

  • Forum will host 37 heads of state in Beijing this week
  • Chinese enterprises invested over $90 billion in BRI countries
Chinese enterprises invested over $90 billion in BRI countries between 2013 and 2018.

Chinese enterprises invested over $90 billion in BRI countries between 2013 and 2018.

Photographer: Lintao Zhang/Getty Images AsiaPac
Bloomberg News

As global leaders gather in Beijing this week for Chinese President Xi Jinping’s second Belt and Road forum, here are some numbers that illustrate where the ambitious initiative is six years after its conception.

Eight more top politicians will attend the forum this year than the first one in 2017, bringing the total to 37, including two European Union members -- Austria and Portugal. With the addition of Singapore and Thailand, all the leaders of ASEAN’s 10 countries are expected to be in the Chinese capital.