| Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation | |
|---|---|
 Participants of the 2017 BRI Forum | |
| Host country |  China |
| Date | 14–15 May 2017 |
| Cities | Beijing |
| Precedes | 2019 Belt and Road Forum |
| Website | 2017 |
The 1st Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation was held between 14 and 15 May 2017 in Beijing. The summit drew 29 foreign heads of state and government and representatives from more than 130 countries and 70 international organizations. [1]
The purpose of the forum is described by Wang Xiaotao, deputy head of the National Development and Reform Commission, in an interview with Xinhua as building "a more open and efficient international cooperation platform; a closer, stronger partnership network; and to push for a more just, reasonable and balanced international governance system." [2] Western media coverage portrays the forum in a similar way with CNN referring to the event under the headline "China's new world order" and the Los Angeles Times running the article "Globalization 2.0: How China's two-day summit aims to shape a new world order". [3] [4]
At the Forum's opening ceremony, Xi Jinping emphasized the importance of developing a Digital Silk Road: [5]
We should pursue innovation-driven development and intensify cooperation in frontier areas such as digital economy, artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, and quantum computing, and advance the development of big data, cloud computing, and smart cities, so as to turn them into a Digital Silk Road of the 21st Century.
People's Republic of China (Host):
The forum is attended by 29 foreign heads of state and government and their respective delegations: [6]
Prime Minister Beata Szydło of Poland
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán of Hungary
Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić of Serbia
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras of Greece
Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni of Italy
Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy of Spain
Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn of Ethiopia
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe of Sri Lanka
Prime Minister Jargaltulga Erdenebat of Mongolia
Prime Minister Hun Sen of Cambodia
Prime Minister Mahathir bin Mohamad of Malaysia
Prime Minister Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama of Fiji
State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi of Myanmar
President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines
President Trần Đại Quang of Vietnam
President Joko Widodo of Indonesia
President Bounnhang Vorachith of Laos
President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya
President Vladimir Putin of Russia
President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus
President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev of Uzbekistan
President Almazbek Atambayev of Kyrgyzstan
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkey
President Miloš Zeman of the Czech Republic
President Doris Leuthard of Switzerland
President Mauricio Macri of Argentina
President Michelle Bachelet of Chile
Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres 
World Bank President, Jim Yong Kim 
Director-General of UNESCO Irina Bokova [10] 
Secretary General of CIS Sergei Lebedev The online magazine The Diplomat documents the following incomplete list of ministerial level attendees. [6]
Afghanistan: Unspecified minister-level delegation
Australia: Trade Minister Steven Ciobo 
Azerbaijan: Economy Minister Shahin Mustafayev 
Bangladesh: Unspecified minister-level delegation
Brazil: Secretary for Strategic Affairs Hussein Ali Kalout
North Korea: Minister of External Economic Relations Kim Yong-jae
Egypt: Trade and Industry Minister Tarek Kabil
European Union: Parliament Secretary General Klaus Welle 
Finland: Minister of Transport and Communications Anne Berner 
France: Former Prime Minister, Member of the French Senate Jean-Pierre Raffarin 
Germany: Minister of Economic Affairs and Energy Brigitte Zypries 
Iran: Minister of Economy and Finance Ali Tayebnia 
Iraq: unspecificed minister-level delegation [12] [13] 
Kuwait: Minister of the Amiri Diwan Affairs Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber
Maldives: Economic Minister Mohamed Saeed
Nepal: Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Krishna Bahadur Mahara
New Zealand: Science and Innovation Minister Paul Goldsmith 
Qatar: Minister of Transport and Communications Jassim Saif Ahmed Al Sulaiti [14] 
Romania: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Environment Gratiela Gavrilescu
Saudi Arabia: Minister of Energy, Industry, and Mineral Resources Khalid A. Al-Falih 
Singapore: Minister for National Development and Second Minister for Finance Lawrence Wong 
South Korea: National Assembly member Park Byeoung-seug 
Syria: unspecificed minister-level delegation
Thailand: Minister of Foreign Affairs Don Pramudwinai, Minister of Transportation Arkhom Termpittayapaisith, Minister of Commerce Apiradi Tantraporn, Minister of Digital for Economy and Society Pichet Durongkaveroj, and Minister of Science and Technology Atchaka Sibunruang
Trinidad and Tobago: Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister and Minister in the Ministry of the Attorney General and Legal Affairs Stuart Young
Tunisia: Culture Minister Mohamed Zine El-Abidine
Ukraine: Unspecified ministerial-level delegation
United Arab Emirates: Minister of State and Group CEO of ADNOC Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber 
United Kingdom: Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond 
United States: delegation led by White House adviser Matt Pottinger. [15] 
Japan: delegation led by Toshihiro Nikai, secretary-general of the ruling party Liberal Democratic Party. [16] In 2017, the events were held at National Convention Center in the urban Chaoyang District and Yanqi Lake International Convention Center and Jixian hall at Yanqi Lake Conference Center in the outer suburb Huairou District. [17]
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