The Silk Road pioneered by ancient Chinese people has played the role of a bridge connecting the East and the West. And over the past six years, China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative aiming for common development along the ancient Silk Road routes and beyond has also made remarkable progress, delivering tangible benefits to participating countries and regions.

So how is foreign media covering the initiative? Watch the video, the 13th in our series New China at 70, to find the answers.

Producers: Wang Hao and Han Lei

Supervisors: Zhang Chunyan and Wang Jianfen

Director: Zhang Yuhuan

Anchor: Ian Goodrum

Script writers: Jiang Wei, Chen Ziyan, Kang Jia, Ian Goodrum, Eoghan Norris McNeill, Guo Kai and Liu Ming

Media coordinators: Li Xin, Tang Lijun, Jiang Yijing, Sun Yubing and Song Ge

Special thanks to our partners:

The Daily Telegraph, The Jakarta Post, The Nation from Thailand, Sputnik from Russia, orient.tm, The National from the UAE, al-ain.com from the UAE, 7D News, news.am, azertag.az, The Ethiopian Herald, Philippines News Agency, The Associated Press of Pakistan, Sri Lanka Mirror and Prensa Latina from Cuba