Karamay Forum opens in China's Xinjiang (Courtesy CCTVNewsChina)
The Silk Road Economic Belt - Xinjiang Karamay Forum, dubbed as the "Davos Forum in West China", kicked off in northern Xinjiang's city of Karamay today. It aims to discuss how to strengthen cooperation between China and countries along the Belt and Road Initiative region, which will promote economic and social development. The forum, under a theme of regional, industrial, and economic cooperation, has attracted more than 400 leading figures from China, Pakistan, Iran and Kazakhstan.