International coalition launched

China's top environmental watchdog and its partners from home and abroad officially launched a green development coalition under the Belt and Road Initiative in Beijing on Thursday on the sidelines of the ongoing Second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation.

About half the roughly 120 institutions that joined the coalition are environmental authorities, international organizations, international institutes or companies in 25 foreign countries participating in the initiative, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment said.

The coalition was proposed by President Xi Jinping when he addressed the opening of the First Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in May 2017.