Chinese children were rehearsing one of their programs, Passion for Opera, in Beijing on May 30, for an activity named "Dreams of the Future in B&R Young Hearts -Celebrating International Children's Day" to be held on May 31 by Beijing-based not-for-profit organization China Soong Ching Ling Foundation. [By Chen Boyuan / China.org.cn]

Children from the Belt and Road countries will celebrate the upcoming International Children's Day in Beijing on May 31.

An activity named "Dreams of the Future in B&R Young Hearts -Celebrating International Children's Day" will be held by Beijing-based not-for-profit organization China Soong Ching Ling Foundation.

The activity will be attended by more than 700 children from 40 countries along the Belt and Road who are currently in Beijing. China-based diplomats from Belt and Road countries and representatives from international organizations such as Shanghai Cooperation Organization and Association of Southeast Asian Nations will also attend the celebration activity.

Children will participate in a series of programs on the morning of May 31, including singing, painting exhibition, robots performance and gifts exchange.

The celebration is intended to promote the consensus reached at the recently concluded Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation and facilitate people-to-people exchange among different countries.