This aerial photo taken on Nov. 9, 2022 shows electric multiple units being tested for hot-running on the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway trial section in Bandung, Indonesia. With a design speed of 350 km per hour, the railway is a flagship project that synergizes the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative and Indonesia's Global Maritime Fulcrum strategy. Built with Chinese technology, it is a model of cooperation between developing countries. (Photo by Jiao Hongtao/Xinhua)
BEIJING, March 7 (Xinhua) -- The Belt and Road Initiative has created some 420,000 jobs in countries along the routes and helped lift nearly 40 million people out of poverty over the past decade, Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang said Tuesday. ■
