International representatives listen to a speech at the opening ceremony of the 2017 Silk Road International Exposition and the 21st Investment and Trade Forum for Cooperation between East and West China. The event is held in Xi'an, Northwest China's Shaanxi province, and the photo was taken on June 3. [Photo by Yang Yang/ chinadaily.com.cn]

Daryl Guppy, president of the Australia China Business Council's North Territory office, discusses the benefits his country has received from the Belt and Road Initiative. He was positioned at the roundtable of the Silk Road International Forum in Xi'an, Northwest China's Shaanxi province, on June 4. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]