The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank expects to grow its membership to 85 by the end of this year, the bank's president Jin Liqun said.
亚洲基础设施投资银行行长金立群日前表示，到今年年底，亚投行成员有望增至85个。
China won widespread support for the establishment of AIIB, with 57 founding members, Jin said at the Jiangsu Development Summit in Nanjing, Jiangsu.金立群在江苏南京举行的江苏发展大会上称，中国在创建亚投行的过程中赢得了广泛支持，创始成员共有57个。"By the end of this year, a total of 85 countries and regions will become AIIB members," Jin said.金立群说道：“今年年底，一共将有85个国家和地区成为亚投行成员。”Jin added that the Belt and Road Initiative and AIIB are both great initiatives.
金立群还表示，“一带一路”倡议和亚投行都是伟大的创举。Reflecting on the process of setting up the new bank and securing support from founding members, he said China had shown its willingness to serve the world using the experience of reform and opening up.回顾建立这一新银行并从创始成员国获得支持的过程，金立群称，中国已经通过利用改革开放的经验，表现出愿意为世界服务的意愿。"Though the Belt and Road Initiative doesn't cover all AIIB members, we will put more efforts in the future and believe more and more countries will join AIIB," Jin said.他说道：“虽然“一带一路”倡议不涵盖亚投行所有成员，但我们会做出更多努力，相信会有越来越多的国家加入亚投行。”