Belt and Road welcomes everyone: Wang Yi
The Belt and Road Initiative is an open platform and everyone is welcome to join, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Wednesday, describing the forum marking the cooperation blueprint's tenth anniversary as a "full success".  Wang told a press conference that the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing was another milestone in the initiative, and participants had made clear they joined the event for friendship, cooperation and development.  "It is a conference of unity that further consolidated the consensus on Belt and Road cooperation. It is a conference of win-win that further enriched the outcomes of Belt and Road cooperation. It is also a conference of development that further outlined the bright future of Belt and Road cooperation," he said.  The top diplomat also welcomed competition, when asked by reporters about other initiatives similar to the Belt and Road.  "While some people claim that the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment is targeted against China's Belt and Road, I believe this is yet another example of trying to politicise an economic issue," Wang said.  "Competition should not be about negating each other, but to help each other be better. Maybe we could have a competition globally about who can build more roads, railways and bridges for developing countries, who can build more schools, hospitals and sport stadiums for ordinary people in low-income countries. We have the confidence that we are able to deliver."