Editor's Note: From the Addis Ababa-Djibouti Railway, the first electrified railway in East Africa, to the Mombasa-Nairobi Railway, from the China-Laos Railway to the Jakarta-Bandung High-speed Railway in Southeast Asia, together with the China-Europe Railway Express, these all show that connectivity is a priority in building the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Over the past decade, under the BRI connectivity framework, infrastructure projects have helped participating countries realize their dream for shared prosperity.
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