The Media Center for the upcoming Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation opened in Beijing on Friday.

Located in the China National Convention Center (CNCC) Exhibition Halls 1 & 2 (E1, E2), the center covers an area of about 10,000 square meters and is equipped with full Wi-Fi access. It will provide information services and technical support to facilitate the work of registered journalists. The center has also launched an official website (http://www.brfmc.org) and smart phone app.

Twenty-nine heads of state and government leaders will attend the forum, to be held from May 14 to 15. The forum is the highest-profile international meeting on the Belt and Road Initiative since China proposed the initiative in 2013.

The Media Center of the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation opens at China National Convention Center in Beijing on May 12, 2017. (People’s Daily Online/Tang Shuquan)