BEIJING, October 17 (INP): Tuo Zhen, the spokesperson for the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) has said that Belt & Road Initiative (BRI) created millions of jobs in the respective countries with the investment of $ 560 billion in the last 4 years. Ahead of 19th National Congress CPC opening ceremony, while addressing to a huge gathering of domestic and international media men here in Beijing on Tuesday, Tuo Zhen said that BRI carries a cultural and historical connotations providing nourishment for the various civilizations. Tuo introduced the agenda of the upcoming 19th CPC National Congress, which will begin today (Wednesday) in Beijing, and answered questions from domestic and overseas media. While replying to a question related BRI, he said that the initiative proposed by President Xi Jinping takes win-win cooperation as the core concept and conforms to the development needs of countries and regions along the Silk Road. BRI was showing positive results in respective countries as all the projects were being carried out with meaningful consultation, respect and without any political interference, he went on saying. He also said that investment of Chinese companies was widely appreciated in the member countries of BRI as it has created million of jobs and have paid more than 1 billion USD taxes in various categories. He added that BRI is a new channel of cooperation and a new tie for human civilisation building a bridge of friendship between the people of all nations, becoming the driving force of human progress and the reason to maintain world peace. The spokesperson also said that BRI carries a spirit humanity and was included in various United Nations document by accepting its significance towards the infrastructural development and role towards economic stabilisation. Being a 2nd largest economy of the world, China has a huge responsibility on its shoulders to play as far as new vitality for emerging and developing economies are concerned, he replied while answering another question. He noted that more than 100 countries had agreed with Chinese initiative of development and the circle of friends had been increasing day by day. While talking about 19th National Congress of CPC, Spokesperson said that Liu Yunshan has been appointed secretary general of the 19th CPC National Congress. The credentials of 2,280 delegates to the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China have been approved, said Tuo. INP/J/AK