Full coverage: President Xi Visits 3 Nations, Attends SCO Summit

Full coverage: Belt and Road Initiative

Now for more discussion on President Xi's visit to Uzbekistan, we are joined in studio by Mr. Ding Yifan, senior fellow of the Institute of World Development under the Development Research Center of the State Council and Mr. Rob Koepp, director of the Economist Corporate Network.

Q1. The Belt and Road Initiative will certainly figure a great deal in China-Uzbekistan cooperation down the road. Just what are the areas of greatest potential and how can the two countries benefit ?

Q2. Uzbekistan and other Central Asian nations are known to be critically important for the Belt and Road Initiative. Why is that?

Q3. President Xi will also attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit on Thursday and Friday in the city of Tashkent. What's your expectation for this summit?