The joint construction of the Belt and Road is an important starting point for China to improve its diplomatic strategic layout and jointly build a community of a shared future for mankind.

During the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-20), the China Disabled Persons’ Federation seized the historic opportunity of Belt and Road construction, expanded regional cooperation and bilateral exchanges, and coordinated cooperation in disability affairs in countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative, enhancing the international influence of China's work for people with disabilities.

The barrier-free forum under the Belt and Road framework, co-sponsored by the China Disabled Persons’ Federation and Tsinghua University, is held at the Beijing International Convention Center on Oct 11, 2020. The Belt and Road universal barrier-free development initiative was released at the forum. [Photo/cdpf.org.cn]

With the funding of the Chinese government and the support of the China Disabled Persons’ Federation, a team of experts from the China Hearing and Speech Rehabilitation Research Center visit a hospital in Cambodia in 2018 to carry out high-end talent training for hearing and speech rehabilitation and free hearing aid funding projects. [Photo/cdpf.org.cn]

Zhang Haidi, president of Rehabilitation International, has lunch with children at the Alpha Deaf Special Education School in Ethiopia on Nov 13, 2017. [Photo/cdpf.org.cn]

Initiated by the China Disabled Persons’ Federation and jointly supported by UNESCAP, UN Women, the UN Population Fund and Rehabilitation International, the launch ceremony of“Call to Action: Enabling Women with Disabilities to Join in Shaping the Future We Want” is held in Beijing on Sept 17, 2020. [Photo/cdpf.org.cn]