Asia and the Asia Pacific region badly needs better infrastructure.
亚太地区要加强基础设施的建设合作。
It is one of the key talking points during the APEC meetings with many economists saying strong economic growth can only be supported by infrastructure investment, especially against a backdrop of a slowing world economy.
这是APEC会议期间很多经济学家们所讨论的其中一个关键点，他们称经济的强势增长只能由基础设施投资支持，尤其是当前全球经济放缓的大背景下。
That is exactly why China is pushing forward with a plan to establish the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, or AIIB.
这就是我国正在大力推行建设AIIB，即亚洲基础设施投资银行的原因。
Chinese President Xi Jinping met his Bangladesh counterpart Abdul Hamid in Beijing Saturday.
中国国家主席习近平周六在京会见了孟加拉国总统阿卜杜勒·哈米德。
He said Bangladesh is welcome to join the bank as a founding member.
他表示对孟加拉国作为创始成员国加入AIIB表示欢迎。
Meanwhile, Indonesia is widely expected to announce during the APEC meetings that it will join the AIIB.
与此同时，印度尼西亚也被普遍期待在APEC会议期间能宣布加入AIIB。