haidi: congressional reporter steven dennis in washington. beijing looks to reinvigorate its flagship belt and road initiative with chinese president xi jinping hailing a golden decade ahead. we are live from beijing next. this is bloomberg. ♪ vonnie: chinese president xi jinping shery: -- chinese president using ping says the bill and road initiative has a golden decade ahead. looking to reinvigorate his infrastructure project 10 years after it was launched. stephen engle joins us from beijing. it was supposed to be a more muted forum given everything that has happened across the world. what was your biggest take away? >> i think it is more of a muted project as we head into the second decade of the belt and road initiative. xi jinping at a banquet last night attended by putin and other leaders who have invited to the 10th anniversary, the belt and road forum, essentially hailed as being a vigorous past decade and a golden decade ahead for the bill and road initiative. it is his signature project and it will not necessarily lose momentum sim