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"The simple fact is that in remote Queensland, most of the discoveries are made by people who make their living off the land. Paleontologists like me very seldom get the opportunity to go out there and do sustained searches for specimens," Poropat said.
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Because of this Cheap Richard Jefferson Jersey , the paleontologist is not expecting to find many more sauropods in the area that they surveyed; however, he is not ruling out anything as he continues his search to discover the secrets of these long- extinct creatures.
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Picture shows the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road， collectively known as the Belt and Road initiative. (Xinhua)
XI'AN， May 15 (Xinhua) -- While China's western provinces mainly depend on their affluent eastern peers for investment， a national strategy to revive the centuries-old trading routes connecting Asia， Europe and Africa gives them the unique advantage of "looking west" for development opportunities.
Over the weekend， more than 12，000 officials and businessmen from 37 countries and regions， and delegations from 27 Chinese provinces convened in Xi'an， the capital of Shaanxi Province， for the Silk Road International Exposition， or the 20th Investment and Trade Forum for Cooperation between East and West China (ITFCEW).
More than 20 topics including streamlining customs declarations， tourism and business cooperation will be discussed.
FROM HINTERLAND TO HEARTLAND
Three decades of reform and opening up have given China prosperity， but unbalanced development between the east and the west is an outstanding problem.
Landlocked western provinces used to rely on mechanisms like ITFCEW for business opportunities. Inter-provincial investment deals reached during such a forum have grown from 29 billion yuan (4.5 billion U.S. dollars) in 1997 when it was launched to 790 billion yuan in 2013.
As the Chinese economy moderates in its transition and eastern provinces strive for new ways forward， west China is in an urgent need of new platforms to keep its economy rolling.
Proposed in 2013， the Belt and Road Initiative -- the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road -- works for improved cooperation between China and countries in a vast part of Asia， Europe and Africa.
The Chinese government published an action plan specifying the principles， framework， priorities and mechanisms for the initiative in March last year. A 40-billion-dollar Silk Road Fund， designed to finance the Belt and Road， was launched last year.
The initiative soon gained traction. Direct investment in 49 countries along the Belt and Road route rose 18.2 percent to 14.8 billion dollars in 2015， accounting for 12.6 percent of China's total outbound investment. Bilateral trade volume between China and these countries reached 995.5 billion dollars， or a quarter of China's total trade volume.
To reflect this latest development， the ITFCEW forum has been officially given the prefix the Silk Road International Exposition since this year.
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