The IFF China Report 2018
Insight and opinion from China’s top leaders, policymakers and financiers
The Belt and Road Initiative
China’s signature Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) now includes 71 countries, with trillions of dollars of investment allocated. Leading Chinese and international policymakers explain how BRI efforts are progressing. This section includes an inaugural survey of central banks in jurisdictions participating in the BRI – with 92% of respondents saying they expect the BRI to increase their GDP in the next five years.
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A route to economic growth – The Belt and Road Initiative 2018 survey
To mark the fifth anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the IFF – in collaboration with Central Banking – conducted its inaugural Belt and Road Survey of central banks from more than 25 countries and regions. The survey examines BRI…
Upgrading globalisation
Gu Shengzu, vice-chairman of the IFF and vice-chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, believes the Belt and Road Initiative will unlock connectivity and create a new, inclusive and transformational…
Five risks of the BRI
Han Seung-soo, co-chair of the IFF and former prime minister of the Republic of Korea, frames five of the major risks facing the Belt and Road Initiative, and discusses what should be done to negate them and the potential consequences of failing to do so
Bringing the benefits of globalisation to life
Marginalised countries and regions will be able to harness the prosperity of global co‑operation by participating in the Belt and Road Initiative, says former prime minister of New Zealand Jenny Shipley
BRI and the participation of private capital
China is enthusiastically courting the influx of private capital into funding its ambitious Belt and Road Initiative but must offer more incentives, says Guo Feng, chief economist at Heaven‑Sent Capital Management Group
The BRI – A new model of international co‑operation
Globalisation is at a crossroads. He Yafei, former China vice-minister of foreign affairs and former China co-ordinator of the Group of 20, explains that China’s unique approach to global challenges will light the path to a more open, inclusive and…
Two plans, one vision
The Belt and Road Initiative – along with the trade and investment opportunities that accompany it – heralds the appearance of the renminbi as a player on the world stage, says Song Min, IFF Academic Committee member and dean of the Centre for China…
The BRI offers global opportunities
Tu Guangshao, vice-chairman and president of the China Investment Corporation, foresees significant mutual opportunities for the Belt and Road Initiative and Zhejiang, an eastern province with a unique outward-looking attitude and a history of vigorous…
Unlocking BRI success through the legal keyhole
Translating the vision of the Belt and Road Initiative into reality requires recalibration of the international legal system, believes Zhou Hanmin, vice-chairman of the Municipal Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference Committee of Shanghai,…
A new insurance industry – Protecting the BRI’s interests
Political, legal and economic risks proliferate in the developing countries along the route of the Belt and Road Initiative, and China is building a modern, dynamic insurance industry to serve and actively respond to the risk protection, economic and…
Seize the day – China Development Bank and market discipline on the BRI
Zhu Wenbin, vice-president of the Centre for Financial Research and Development of the China Development Bank, explains why only innovative financing and market mechanisms can fund the huge ambition of the Belt and Road Initiative
Forging environmental consensus – Building a green Silk Road
Fang Li, deputy director of the Foreign Economic Co-operation Office at the Ministry of Environmental Protection, hopes to step up environmental co-operation to build a green Belt and Road Initiative
China – Global governance without hegemony
As US power fades, says Pang Zhongying, IFF Academic Committee member, and dean of the Advanced Institute of Marine Development Studies, Ocean University of China, China can create a new non‑hegemonic model of global economic governance based on dialogue…
A new milestone – Introducing the Silk Road International Association
To gain greater recognition for the Belt and Road Initiative and to encourage the co‑operation of countries along the routes, the IFF has inaugurated a global think tank
