During May 14 to 15, 2017 local time, The Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation was held in Beijing. China Merchants Group Chairman Li Jianhong was invited to attend BRF. During the meeting, Li sparked the importance of BRF on the development of countries alongside Belt and Road on CCTV Finance.

"Some countries have areas for improvement both in hard environment and soft environment, which is expected to optimize environments and facilitate communications after The Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation." said Li Jianhong on CCTV Finance.