5 Years of the Belt and Road Initiative

Latest News

-	China to Enhance Cultural Relics Protection Cooperation with BRI Countries
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-	Belt and Road Construction Brings No Debt Trap for Relevant Countries: Chinese Official

Opinions

Walking the Talk

Yang Jian

Vice President of the Shanghai Institutes for International Studies

Belt and Road Lifts Off

Zhao Lei

A Professor with the Chinese Academy of Governance

Five Years On

Kerry Brown

Director of the Lau China Institute at King's College, London

Focus

Infrastructure

-	Belt and Road Lifts Off
-	A Precise Art
-	Logistics Hub of Belt and Road
-	Symbol of Cooperation
-	Construction Cooperation

Trade & Finance

-	Time to Connect
-	Engine to Prosperity
-	A Global Network
-	Regional Future
-	Yunnan's Unique Geographic Position Brings Development Opportunities

Culture

-	Medicine Without Borders
-	New Boom of Traditional Chinese Medicine
-	International Plan Draws Foreign Students
-	Open for Travel
-	Opportunities Beckon

Policy

-	Tangible Results
-	Deep-rooted Commitment
-	Belt and Road Turns Five
-	China, UAE Agree to Lift Ties to Comprehensive Strategic Partnership
-	Teamwork Aims at Pirates, Diseases in Africa

Infographics

Videos

The Story of the Silk Road

The Belt and Road Is How

AIIB Lights Up Bangladesh

Photos

From the Magazine

NO.38, 2018

-	Belt and Road Lifts Off
-	Belt and Road Lifts Off
-	A Global Network
-	A Precise Art
-	Five Years On
-	From Vision to Action

Timeline

For Your Information

Belt and Road Initiative

The National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Commerce issued a document entitled Vision and Actions on Jointly Building Silk Road Economic Belt and 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road on March 28.

Silk Road Economic Belt

The Silk Road first emerged more than 2,100 years ago during the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220) after China’s imperial envoy Zhang Qian twice visited Central Asia. It became a bridge between East and West

21st Century Maritime Silk Road

Formed during the Qin and Han Dynasties (221 BC-AD 220), the Maritime Silk Road has always played an important role in economic and cultural exchanges between East and West