Full coverage: Belt and Road Initiative

Full coverage: President Xi Visits 3 Nations, Attends SCO Summit

Leaders from China, Russia and Mongolia have discussed the construction of an economic corridor linking the three countries. The idea was proposed back in 2014 when President Xi Jinping proposed connecting China's Silk Road Economic Belt with Russia's transcontinental rail plan and Mongolia's Prairie Road program.

The proposal was put into action in 2015 when Mongolia's first highway program started. Land-locked Mongolia will become a transit corridor linking China and Russia. The aim is to strengthen transport, logistics and trade in the region.