The Port of Zeebrugge, about sixty kilometers away from Volvo's Ghent operation, is among those following Geely and Volvo's pioneering steps to bring China and Belgium closer.

The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) was unveiled in 2013 by China’s president Xi Jinping. Initiative is a full service global media agency built to grow brands through culture. "Triest – Ein Welthafen für Bayern" in: Bayrische Staatszeitung, 30 November 2018.Marcus Hernig: Die Renaissance der Seidenstraße (2018), p 112.Andrew Wheeler: How Trieste could become the Singapore of the Adriatic in Asia Shipping Media – Splash247, 19 February 2019.Ethan Masood: How China is redrawing the map of world science. This article is about Chinese infrastructure projects in Asia, Europe, and Africa.

"Global shipping and logistic chain reshaped as China’s Belt and Road dreams take off" in Hellenic Shipping News, 4 December 2018.Guido Santevecchi: Di Maio e la Via della Seta: «Faremo i conti nel 2020», siglato accordo su Trieste in Corriere della Sera, 5 November 2019. The board of governors is AIIB's highest decision-making body.It has been suggested by some scholars that critical discussions about an evolving BRI and its financing needs transcend the "debt-trap" meme. The initiative was unveiled by Chinese paramount leader Xi Jinping in September and October 2013 during visits to Kazakhstan and Indonesia, and was thereafter promoted by Premier Li Keqiang during state visits to Asia and Europe. The Belt and Road Initiative was proposed by China in 2013 and aims to build a trade and infrastructure network connecting Asia with Europe and Africa along ancient trade routes. in The Maritime Executive, 1 January 2020.Christoph Hein: "Wie Amerika Chinas Neue Seidenstraße kontern will" in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 11 November 2019.Harry de Wilt: Is One Belt, One Road a China crisis for North Sea main ports? Most people have heard about it because of the large-scale infrastructure projects in more than 60 countries along both routes over land – forming the Silk Road … The initiative was given intensive coverage by Chinese state media, and by 2016 often being featured in the People's Daily. This was stated by representatives of The delegates of the conference were representatives of the leadership of Russian and corporations (China has engaged 138 countries and 30 international organisations in the BRI.Ecological concerns are problematic for many BRI opponents including The development of port infrastructure and increasing shipping associated with the maritime Belt and Road Initiative could impact sensitive species and marine habitats like To date, more than 130 countries have issued endorsements, albeit most of them non-Western.There has been concern over the project being a form of While Italy and Greece have joined the Belt and Road Initiative, European leaders have voiced ambivalent opinions.

BCECC would like to invite you to the Belgium & China Cooperation Forum on Belt and Road on Friday October 21, 2016 in Brussels organized together with the Chinese embassy. law and accounting) that bring agents and sites into view (such as law firms, financial regulators, and offshore centers) that are generally less visible in geopolitical analysis, but vital in the financing of BRI.The Belt and Road Initiative is about improving the physical infrastructure through land corridors that roughly equate to the old Many of the countries in this belt are also members of the China-led Three belts are proposed. This concerns the networked nature of financial centers and the vital role of advanced business services (e.g. Hailing the Belt and Road Initiative as "a grand vision," Peeters said it can succeed "if an open and inclusive approach is adopted." Most people have heard about it because of the There are different views about the BRI from European opinion and policy makers, but all agree that the BRI will have a great impact on the political and economic world order. That started a Sino-Belgian chain reaction with Belgium making good use of its European gateway position and finding synergies with China's Belt and Road Initiative. The North belt would go through Central Asia and Russia to Europe. hǎishàng sīchóu zhī lùsi-tiû-chi-lo͘ keng-chè-tài hô jī-si̍p-it sè-kí hái-siōng si-tiû-chi-lo͘Marcus Hernig: Die Renaissance der Seidenstraße (2018).Bernhard Simon: Can The New Silk Road Compete With The Maritime Silk Road? Band 569, Nummer 7754, Mai 2019, p 20–23 The Central belt passes through Central Asia and West Asia to the The "21st Century Maritime Silk Road" (Chinese:21世纪海上丝绸之路), or just the Maritime Silk Road, is the sea route 'corridor. In the maritime silk road, which is already the route for more than half of all containers in the world, deepwater ports are being expanded, logistical hubs are being built and new traffic routes are being created in the hinterland. 'In addition to the Maritime Silk Road, Russia and China are reported to have agreed to jointly build an 'Ice Silk Road' along the Russia together with China approached the practical discussion of the global infrastructure project Ice Silk Road.