Legal experts agree on BRI cooperation

Participants at Xinjiang event pledge more effort in cross-border crime fight Domestic and foreign legal officials have pledged to strengthen collaboration in law enforcement and security, so that they can better serve and safeguard the building of the Belt and Road Initiative. Bishowambhar Prasad Shrestha, chief justice of the supreme court of Nepal, said that innovating means that settling disputes concerning BRI projects is a key area, emphasizing "it's desirable that such a dispute resolution framework should be broadly adaptable in the major legal systems". "Other important means to enhance legal protection for the BRI include anti-corruption measures, which are needed to maintain project integrity, and the protection of intellectual property rights, which is necessary to encourage innovation," he added. Zholdasbek Nussenov, rector of Kazakhstan's Caspian University, said that building a legal framework is of great significance to promote trade cooperation, create a sound business environment and protect people's legitimate rights. Jin Yan, vice-president and secretary-general of Guangdong Provincial Law Society, said that the forum is to secure the high-quality development of the BRI, with more cooperation with Central and South Asian countries in international commercial dispute resolution, science and education, and legal services.