Prof. Alexander Sergeev, president of Russian Academy of Sciences, delivers a speech at the launching ceremony of the first general assembly of the Alliance of International Science Organizations (ANSO) in the Belt and Road region and the opening of the second international science forum of scientific organizations on the Belt and Road initiative held in Beijing, capital of China, on Nov. 4, 2018. (Xinhua/Shen Hong)

Prof. M. Qasim Jan, president of Pakistan Academy of Sciences, delivers a speech at the launching ceremony of the first general assembly of the Alliance of International Science Organizations (ANSO) in the Belt and Road region and the opening of the second international science forum of scientific organizations on the Belt and Road initiative held in Beijing, capital of China, on Nov. 4, 2018. (Xinhua/Shen Hong)