Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a speech after receiving the credentials of 18 new ambassadors to China at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 16, 2026: Xinhua (Video: CCTV News) | Global Times

Xi Jinping secured his third five-year term as China's president in an unprecedented move to tighten his grip to become the country's most powerful leader since Mao Zedong. | Reuters

In 2013, President #XiJinping raised the initiatives of joining with other countries to build a Silk Road Economic Belt and a 21st Century Maritime Silk Road (Belt and Road Initiative, or #BRI). In just 10 years, the initiative, Xi's signature vision for global development, has become one of the world's most popular public goods, bringing many developing countries chances for leapfrog development. Watch the video to learn about how the BRI changed the world over the past years. #BRITenYears #BRF

President Xi Jinping calls China’s sprawling belt and road initiative the "project of the century", but many challenges remain. In this Bloomberg Quicktake, we explore one of the largest construction projects in modern history https://bloom.bg/2OvhbZF | Bloomberg