President XI Jinping sent a congratulatory letter to the inaugural conference of the Belt and Road Studies Network (BRSN) held in Beijing on April 24.

Prof. PAN Jiaofeng, President of the Institutes of Science and Development of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CASISD), attended the inaugural conference, and CASISD was invited to be a member of the committee.

As a high-profile national think tank in science and technology, CASISD will provide strong support to the BRSN and the development of the Belt and Road.

The establishment of the BRSN is a response to Xi's proposal to "play the full role of think tanks and build a think tank alliance and cooperation network".

The BRSN Committee pools the wisdom and power of think tanks in countries along the Belt and Road, and aims to provide an important platform for academic exchanges, project cooperation and information sharing.