Summit stabilizer for Central Asia

The China-Central Asia Summit to be held on Thursday and Friday in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, is expected to give a shot in the arm to regional development under the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative, which has evolved to be an international public good and an open platform to promote common development.

The leaders from all five Central Asian countries-Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan — are scheduled to attend the summit, which will be chaired by President Xi Jinping.

Last year, China's trade with the five countries reached $70 billion, a historical high, and the region has not only become an important trade partner of China, but also developed into a pillar of the new Eurasia Land Bridge formed by the China-Europe freight train services.