BRI expected to help countries jointly realize modernization: spokesperson

BEIJING, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- China stands ready to work with all parties to build the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) into a source of happiness that benefits the world and a dream maker that helps countries jointly realize modernization, a foreign ministry spokesperson said here Friday.

Spokesperson Lin Jian made the remarks in response to comments by Jeffrey Sachs, a U.S. economist, that he is "a very big suppor