On 12th November 2021, Deputy Secretary-General Sun Guoshun delivered a speech at "the China Forum on International Legal Cooperation (2021) " under the "Belt and Road Initiative" (BRI) organized by China Law Society on behalf of the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization. DSG Sun highlighted that the BRI is regional multilateralism and enriches China's engagement with the WTO. Existing legal rules about trade and investment will continue to apply under the BRI, but soft laws under the BRI may evolve into hard law in the future. Sun expressed AALCO's willingness to cooperate with China so as to help our Member States engage in business activities under the BRI