30 at the invitation of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lu Kang said Wednesday

The Belt and Road Initiative, put forward by Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2013, is aimed at building the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road through concerted efforts of all related countries to benefit all participants by promoting unimpeded trade, financial integration, infrastructure inter-connectivity and closer people-to-people exchanges

From road building to subsidies, the central government has spent large amounts of money on poverty relief in places like Liangshan

Wang also met with his Japanese counterpart, Taro Kono, on Thursday in New York

He has a Chinese name, Mao Lyuke, which is famous in Changsha