Xi's statements on the Belt and Road Initiative

Call for a 'green, healthy, intelligent and peaceful' Silk Road

President Xi Jinping delivers a speech at the Uzbek Supreme Assembly in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, June 22, 2016. [Photo/Xinhua]

In Uzbekistan in June 2016, Xi suggested partner countries deepen cooperation on environmental protection, intensify ecological preservation and build a green Silk Road.

"We need to deepen cooperation in medical care and health, strengthen win-win cooperation in the alert of communicable diseases, disease prevention and control, medical assistance and traditional medicine, and build a Silk Road for health," the president said.

Meanwhile, on human resources cooperation, China proposed a vocational skills cooperation alliance to train and produce professionals in various fields to build an intelligent Silk Road.

On the security front, the president called for fostering a security governance model with Asian features and building a Silk Road for peace.