The Central European country hopes to become a regional financial center. Fu Jing reports from Prague.

Editor's note: This is the latest in a series of reports focusing on the development of the Belt and Road Initiative, the proposed trade route linking China with the rest of the world.

In the heart of Prague's Old Town, representatives of the Czech Republic's Central Bohemian Region and officials from Sichuan province in Southwest China sat together on the ground floor of an old building.