The Belt and Road Advisory has compiled the Top Ten changes in China's Belt and Road Initiative in 2018. For more see: https://beltandroad.ventures/products-and-services/belt-and-road-top-10-of-2018

1. Belt and Road Top 10
of 2018
More countries join BRI;
but views on BRI become
increasingly polarized
01
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 e
ondemn n he BRI
More focus on debt and
international standards02
$
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 ed o an e a on
o a $20 b on BRI p o e n
Ma a s a
Pa s an, S Lan a and Nepa
ha e a pos poned BRI p o e s
Belt and Road’s legal
architecture gets a boost
03
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
benefiting BRI
04
The ade wa s aus n mu h
anx e amon h nese ms who
wou d no ma se n o he US
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
Some bus nesses p an o e o a e
p odu on ab oad o a o d US'
a s
?
Historic China-Africa
Summit held in Beijing
05
$
“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
developed and existing
ones accelerated
06
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
more open to third
country involvement
07
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
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 ”
$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
Hainan becomes a Free
Trade Port, key part of
the Maritime Silk Road
08
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
Import Exposition seeks
to show China is open
for imports
09
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
$ Hu e dea s we e s ned a IIE
A baba $200 b on o e he nex
e ea s
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
D $100 b on
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
More foreign firms
trying to benefit from
BRI
10
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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