PIIE and the China Development Research Foundation (CDRF) launch their respective reports on China’s Belt and Road Initiative on April 21, 2016. PIIE Director Emeritus and Senior Fellow C. Fred Bergsten and CDRF Secretary General Lu Mai provide opening remarks at the conference. Panel 1, "Overview and Economic Implications of China’s Belt and Road Initiative," follows with Bergsten as chair. Panel participants include Simeon Djankov, PIIE; Fang Jin, CDRF; and Huo Jianguo, Ministry of Commerce, China. For more information and other sessions at this event, visit: www.piie.com/events/event_detail.cfm?EventID=441