Belt and Road Top 10

of 2018

More countries join BRI;

01 but views on BRI become
increasingly polarized

123 oope a on Do umen s on BRI

de e opmen w h 105 oun es

26 S m a Do umen s s ned w h
29 In e na ona O an za ons

US' sm and announ emen o

F ee and Open Indo-Pa S a e
w h apan and Aus a a

27 ou o 28 Ambassado s o EU
? oun es o h na s ned a e
ondemn n he BRI
e

More focus on debt and

02 international standards

E o s o mp o e he deb
sus a nab o BRI, and o
ensu e ha mee s
n e na ona s anda ds

$ Fea o deb
o a $20 b
Ma a s a
ed o an e a
on BRI p o e
on
n

Pa s an, S Lan a and Nepa

ha e a pos poned BRI p o e s

Belt and Road’s legal

03 architecture gets a boost

2 h na In e na ona omme a
ou s n X 'an and Shenzhen
announ ed n une 2018

P o esso Don Lew s: " he wo d o

n e na ona a b a on and
n e na ona d spu e se emen
a e e o be sha en o he
e ounda ons"

US- China Trade War is

04 benefiting BRI

The ade wa s aus n mu h

? anx e amon
wou d no ma
h nese
se
ms who
n o he US

Some bus nesses p an o e o a e

p odu on ab oad o a o d US'
a s

The a ha h nese ompan es oo

o new des na ons o he
expo s and n es men s bo s e s BRI

Historic China-Africa
05 Summit held in Beijing

“FO A Be n A on P an (2019-
2021)” and “Be n De a a on”
we e adop ed

$60 b on o p omo e A an

$ n as u u e and de e opmen s
we e p ed ed b h na

$20 b on n ed nes

$15 b on n an s, n e es - ee
oans and on ess ona oans
$10 b on und o de e opmen
nan n
$5 b on o nan e mpo s om
A a

New BRI corridors

06 developed and existing
ones accelerated

In he s 11 mon hs o
2018 h na-Eu ope e h a ns
made 5,611 ps, 72% mo e
han as ea

5,100 wee h s om h na
o BRI oun es show he
de e opmen o A S Road

en a As an oun es ha e
p oposed a “S Road sa”

F s h nese a o sh p
na a ed a on he Po a S
Road onne n h na w h
Eu ope h ou h he A

Belt and Road becomes

07 more open to third
country involvement

A p oposa o S no- apanese

onso um o bu d a h h-speed
a wa s s em n Tha and

Saud A ab a has been n ed o

pa pa e h ou h o n
nan n n he h na-Pa s an
E onom o do

$10 b on on h ee oad and ene

n as u u e p o e s

oope a on on u n n he a sh p
PE po p o e o Gwada n o an o

h na p oposed o wo w h Ind a
on p o e s n A a – n a so-
a ed “Ind a- h na-P us One
s a e ”

Hainan becomes a Free

08 Trade Port, key part of
the Maritime Silk Road

Ha nan Is and was announ ed as

h na’s s F ee T ade Po , and
has be ome h na’s a es ee
ade zone

Ha nan De e opmen P an w h 30
spe a po es was e eased

Ha nan s se o be ome a e
pa o he Ma me S Road

China International
09 Import Exposition seeks
to show China is open
for imports

$ Hu e dea s we e s
A baba $200 b
ned a
on o e
IIE
he nex
e ea s

D $100 b on

NOO L d s ned 20 dea s w h

o e n bus nesses, n ud n
S emens, a e p a and S h umbe e

o swa en s ned $9 b on wo h o
dea s, Ro s Ro e s ned a $1.45bn
dea w h h na Eas e n o a a
en nes

A so sma e p a e s bene ed and

a o d n o MOF OM, 20% o dea s
s ned we e on a m n and
a u u a equ pmen and p odu e

More foreign firms

10 trying to benefit from
BRI

The h nese o e nmen sa s o e

? 80 S a e Owned En e p ses ha e
unde a en 3,116 BRI n es men s

Wes e n ban s ha e a so been

be n b on BRI h s ea

Fo ow n HSB , oup announ ed

had appo n ed a e e an n es men
ban e s head o Be and Road
In a e- e a ed ban n and
o na on bus nesses

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