STORY: Euro-Asia Economic Forum highlights cooperation, development
DATELINE: Sept. 23, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:23
LOCATION: XI'AN, China
CATEGORY: ECONOMY

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1. various of 2023 Euro-Asia Economic Forum
2. SOUNDBITE (English): FARHAN TALIB, Member of Executive Committee, RGM - China & Singapore, Habib Bank Limited
3. various of 2023 Euro-Asia Economic Forum

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The 2023 Euro-Asia Economic Forum opened in Xi'an, China, on Friday, with the theme of creating opportunities for cooperation and pursuing future development.

Politicians, businesspeople and scholars from 51 countries and regions are attending the three-day forum.

This year's edition features 13 parallel sessions on topics including policy coordination, financial cooperation, and economic and trade exchanges.

An economic and trade expo also opened on the sidelines of the forum.

SOUNDBITE (English): FARHAN TALIB, Member of Executive Committee, RGM - China & Singapore, Habib Bank Limited
"From our bank perspective, it allows us to increase our cooperation with these banks and companies in different countries along the Belt and Road and in CPEC, and also to look at certain initiatives that we are working with the Chinese authorities, like RMB internationalization, so how to increase the use of RMB in trade and investment between the countries on the Eurasia route and the Belt and Road, so lots of things to take away."

The Euro-Asia Economic Forum, an important economic cooperation mechanism under the framework of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), has been held every two years since its inception in 2005.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Xi'an, China.
(XHTV)