The China Academy of Translation, a research institute affiliated with the China International Publishing Group, the country's leading international publisher, has analyzed prevailing terms concerning the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative and translated them into a number of foreign languages. In each issue, Beijing Review presents some of these keywords to help readers know more about the initiative.

China-Gulf Cooperation Council Strategic Dialogue

The first round of China-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Strategic Dialogue was held in Beijing in June 2010, with a Memorandum of Understanding on the Strategic Dialogue being signed.

The second round of the Strategic Dialogue was held in Abu Dhabi in May 2011; and the third round, in Beijing in January 2014. President Xi Jinping met the GCC delegation to the meeting. The two sides agreed to build a China-GCC strategic partnership and resume talks on a China-GCC free trade area. They also developed an action plan for cooperation from 2014 to 2017.

The six GCC member states are located where ancient Silk Road routes converged. Their strategic location and their development potential make them natural and important partners for the Belt and Road Initiative. The China-GCC dialogue platform is therefore ideally suited for cooperation in this regard.

Greater Mekong Sub-region Economic Cooperation

The Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) Economic Cooperation is a sub-regional economic cooperation mechanism involving the six countries located at least partly within the river

basin—China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Viet Nam. Established in 1992, it is designed to strengthen sub-regional economic ties and promote economic and social development in the sub-region.

The program has been sponsored, coordinated and funded mainly by the Asian Development Bank. Its highest decision-making organ is the GMS Summit of Leaders, held every three years and hosted by a member state on the basis of alphabetical rotation. Policy direction for the program is discussed at the Ministerial Conference, under which meetings of senior officials and a range of working groups and forums in priority sectors are convened.

Since 1992, substantial progress has been achieved in implementing GMS projects in key areas such as transport, energy, power, infrastructure, agriculture, tourism, information and communications, environment, human resources development, and economic corridor development.

China-Arab States Cooperation Forum

The launch of a China-Arab States Cooperation Forum (CASCF) was announced by then Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing of China and then Secretary General Amr Moussa of the League of Arab States on January 30, 2004, after then Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit to the headquarters of the league.

Addressing the opening ceremony of the Sixth CASCF Ministerial Meeting on June 5, 2014, Chinese President Xi Jinping characterized the CASCF as holding strategic importance for the long-term development of bilateral relations and substantive cooperation.

The Seventh CASCF Ministerial Meeting was held in Doha, capital of Qatar, on May 12, 2016. President Xi and Qatar Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani each sent a letter of congratulations to the meeting. Under the theme of Jointly Building the Belt and Road to Reinforce Strategic Cooperation, the meeting reached a broad consensus on bilateral relations and the future work of the CASCF.

By July 2016, seven CASCF ministerial meetings and 13 senior officials' meetings had been held, and other mechanisms of cooperation have also been functioning well.