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Leaders from emerging economies are visiting China for the 'Belt and Road' forum
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, centre, arrives at Beijing's airport ahead of the Belt and Road Forum in the Chinese capital on Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023. - photo by Jade Gao/Pool Photo via AP
BEIJING (AP) — A stream of leaders of emerging market countries are arriving in Beijing for a meeting organized by the Chinese government that will mark the 10th anniversary of its Belt and Road Initiative. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed landed in Beijing on Monday, following Chilean President Gabriel Boric and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Sunday night. Under the initiative, a signature policy of Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Chinese companies have built ports, roads, railways, power plants around the world in a bid to boost trade and economic growth.