G7 plan could help Belt and Road Initiative By JAN YUMUL and XU WEIWEI in Hong Kong | China Daily Global | Updated: 2021-07-06 10:03 A G7 logo is seen on an information sign near the Carbis Bay hotel resort in St Ives, Cornwall, southwest Britain, May 24, 2021. [Photo/Agencies] A plan by the Group of Seven to help developing nations scale up infrastructure can only complement, rather than replace, the China-led Belt and Road Initiative, which has already forged deep ties in many parts of the world, according to experts. As people wish the G7's plan would be paired with the BRI, potential conditions attached to financial aid from the West would make it easier for many nations to ultimately conclude that sticking to the BRI would be more beneficial.