Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) of China: Connecting the World for Sustainable Economic Development

Abstract

The aim of this article is to assess the effect of strategies of Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) on sustainable economic development of member countries. This study is based on qualitative approach and secondary data. A number of documents such as journal articles, government reports, books, book chapters and working papers have been consulted to substantiate the arguments. The article explores that there is a potential effect of BRI on the sustainable economic development of its member countries. Some of the member countries are getting direct benefits from it and other countries are in the way of getting benefits through infrastructure development, trading, cultural exchanges and mutual political agreements. It is empowering a number of developing countries through economic development by linking economic corridors, seaport, roads and railway networks. This article also finds that so many economic zones are planned to open in member countries to get benefits from BRI initiative by promoting infrastructure, energy, gas, oil and electricity, roads, railways and other related projects.

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Rasel, M. , Jiao, G. , Yusufzada, S. , Chanthamith, B. and Sultana, A. (2020) Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) of China: Connecting the World for Sustainable Economic Development. Open Journal of Social Sciences, 8, 109-120. doi: 10.4236/jss.2020.81009.

1. Introduction

China has taken a historical initiative entitled Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) for connecting the people across the world for sustainable economic development and progress in human civilization [1]. Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is based on old Silk Road which already passed two thousand years and revival of the old Silk Road [2]. The spirit of the old Silk Road promotes present Chinese political leaders to initiate this BRI to promote global economic growth, regional and economic integration and global governance by understanding the mechanism of complex international politics [3].

The aim of the BRI is to connect Asia, Europe and Africa through strengthening partnerships among the countries [4]. China’s imperial envoy Zhang Qian initiated the old silk road in 2000 years ago which has been facilitated as a trade route to Arab and central Asia [5]. Since silk was one of the topmost export items of china at that time so this route was known as Silk Road [6]. In 2013, president Xi Jinping declared to establish and revitalize the old Silk Road by establishing a connection among china, all parts of Asia, Europe and Africa through infrastructure development like railways and roads. It is the largest economic platform of the world which will promote global economic growth through strengthening economic cooperation [7]. BRI is working in two ways viz. Silk Road Economic Belt and 21st Century Maritime Silk Road. The Silk Road Economic Belt consists of three routes which connects China to Europe, the Persian Gulf, the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean. On the other hand, the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road is based on waterways among BRI member countries. BRI is a mega project which covers two-thirds of the global population and three-fourth of the energy resources. Though some researchers thought that BRI is an initiative to promote their meltdown economy by creating smooth global markets [8]. It is portrayed to redesign the economic and political order of Asia by developing a network of cultural, political and trading corporations [9]. The BRI already got 65 countries as member under its initiative.

The importance of BRI initiative cannot be ignored due to its active role in mutual peace and economic development [10]. It connects Asian countries like Bangladesh, Brunei, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Myanmar, Maldives, Nepal, India, Sudan and Pakistan through seaports, oil and gas pipelines and economic corridors. It also finances for free trade economic zones and energy development projects in its member countries [11]. The policy makers and scholars of US, Japan and India expressed their security threats in the BRI regions due to the growing influence of BRI initiative of China [12]. Though China considered it as propaganda against BRI’s peaceful journey. The benefit of the BRI will be available for all the people of the world due to its peaceful natures like mutual cooperation, integration and interdependence [13]. A multi-polar world will be established by proper implementation of BRI through trends of harmony and peace (Figure 1).

The Maritime Silk Road is connected to East-Asia, South-Asia, South-East Asia, and Africa through seaports. It starts from South-China sea like Fujian seaport, Qingdao seaport, Xin Gang seaport, Shanghai seaport, Hong-Kong Seaport and Ningbo seaport of China. These seaports are connected with other seaports of member countries. Chittagong port of Bangladesh, Muara seaport Brunei, Sihanoukville port of Cambodia, Hambantota port of Sri-Lanka,

Figure 1. Map of the Belt and Road initiative of China. Source: Blanchard & Flint (2017) [14].

Khaukpyu port of Myanmar, Maldives port, Sudan seaport, and Gwadar port of Pakistan are connected with Hong-Kong seaport and Ningbo seaports of the southern part of China. It also enters into Mediterranean Sea to connect economic belt at Venice, Italy [15]. So many small projects are being implemented under the main megaprojects for construction of the economic zones, seaports, gas and oil pipelines, roads, bridges, railways, canals and industrial zones for facilitating interconnection among distant regions of Asia, Europe and Africa [16]. So, it is a way to promoting economic development of some developing countries of Asia and Africa. Up to May, 2017 about 70 countries and international organizations already have signed for BRI initiative [17]. There are so many queries of people related to the projects under BRI since China is not willing to publish a complete list of projects. Up to 2013, about 50 Chinese SOC (state owned companies) have invested about 1700 small projects under BRI. Official Development Assistance (ODA) projects are designed to support for building infrastructure to member countries. China initiated Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) for providing investment support to BRI.

The main purpose of this study is to address the questions: 1) What are the smart objectives behind BRI initiative? 2) Are the strategies of BRI suitable for economic development of BRI regional countries? and 3) Will the member countries get benefit from BRI? These questions lead the researcher team to obtain the objective: to explore the SMART objectives and strategies of BRI for sustainable economic development of member countries. The first section describes about the introduction of BRI, second and third sections describes about methodology and systematic reviews of literature. Fourth and fifth section describes overview of BRI and strategy for sustainable economic development. Final section concludes the article with some recommendations.

2. Methodology

2.1. Research Design

A conceptual framework is developed on BRI initiative for economic development prospect for regional economic development through an extensive literature review [18]. It is descriptive in nature focusing key indicators of economic development. The study mainly focuses on economic context, strategy, opportunities and challenges of BRI initiatives on the basis of business, economic, political, social and environmental aspects.

2.2. Sources of Data

The study has been used secondary sources extensively related to implication of BRI initiative, challenges and opportunities in the process of implementation of BRI strategy and regional economic development. Some recommendations have been made for solving possible challenges of BRI initiative for regional economic development on the basis of latest information.

2.3. Search Strategy

Some renowned databases viz. Google Scholar, a web of science, Scopus, science direct, and Springer link website has been extensively searched by using important keywords like “one belt one road, economic belt, maritime silk road, BRI, economic development, policy, strategy, regional development, economic development, challenges, opportunities, security, geopolitics, and China for securing authentic information” [19]. The data collection and analysis for this study has been done considering the initiation period of One Belt One Road (OBOR) (Figure 2). According to Liu et al. [20], literature review is an important part of the expansion of a field. It provides an opportunity to make and reproduce the previous research, and thus giving safe grounding for the progress of knowledge [21].

2.4. Data Analysis

Finally, 97 documents are selected and analyzed from different perspectives of One Belt One Road, challenges and opportunities for implementation, funding sources, involvement of partner countries, suitability of economic corridors,

Figure 2. Document selection and analysis framework.

strategy for implementation and regional economic development [22].

3. Impact of BRI on Economic Development

One Belt One Road (BRI) initiative is the most discussing topic to the economist. Some scholars are anxious about the economic impact of BRI initiative. Though it is the revival of old Silk Road but it has a great impact on global economy through integration of a large part of the world. It extends its opportunity through developing a historical infrastructural development [23]. It connects the world people through political, economic, and cultural exchanges [24]. Though some scholars think that BRI initiative is solely based on the implementation of Chinese “Go West” policy but still it has a tremendous impact on global economy. Chinese authority has a largest influence on BRI initiative because of an initiator and largest economy. It also included the Digital Silk Road initiative for connecting the world digitally which is administered by the Cyberspace Administration of China [16]. There is some geographically important place in China like Xinjiang as Core Area of the One Belt and Fujian as the “Core Area” for the “One Road” for implementing two mega projects under BRI initiative. Some other places like Qinghai, Gansu, Ningxia, and Shaanxi also important to connect China to central Asia through Economic Belt. The places like Sichuan, Chongqing, and Yunnan of China also connect China to Central, South, and Southeast Asia through Economic Belt while Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, and Africa through Fujian, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Guangdong, and Hainan of China [25]. Some scholars mentioned that BRI initiative is the extension, enrichment, and amalgamation of some Chinese initiatives for promoting sluggish Chinese economy through maintaining national security, economic, business and international relations.

According to PWC [26], the BRI countries require at least USD 5 trillion for infrastructure development from 2016 to 2020 while according to Asian Development Bank, Asia require USD 8 trillion for infrastructure development by 2020 for connecting the partner of BRI countries and getting full benefit from BRI initiative. Since most of the BRI partners are developing countries so infrastructure development should be the top priority for global future development under BRI initiative [27]. Another most important step should be taken to remove the constraints of trade and investment, reducing trade cost and motivating economic development [28]. Financial integration is one of the important goals of BRI initiative which can be gained by encouraging monetary policy coordination, internalization of Renminbi (RMB) for trade and investment, motivating financial cooperation [29], creating regional financial institutions [30], strengthening cooperation for risk management [31], and encouraging regional mechanisms for managing financial risks [32] [33] [34]. Cultural exchanges can be happened through connecting people of BRI partner countries, enhancing mutual understanding and nurturing more interactions among people [35]. Proper implementation of BRI initiative can help to develop economy from China to central Asia, Europe and Africa [36] (Table 1).

Table 1. Recent studies on the BRI initiative.

So many studies have been done by the researchers on BRI issues but most of them are on the policy issues of BRI initiatives [34] [67] [68]. Only few studies have been done on the background of the initiative, strategy, opportunities, challenges for implementation and implication for future of global development [61]. This study contributes to the ongoing debate on economic development prospect of BRI initiative through exploring the context of origin, strategy, challenges, risks and opportunities for economic development in the BRI region.

4. Conclusion

The study analyzes the SMART objectives and strategies of BRI for economic development of member countries. The study uses a systematic literature review to obtain the objectives. The article reveals that there is a potential impact of BRI on the economic development of its member countries. Some of the member countries are getting direct benefits from it and other countries are in the way of getting benefits through infrastructure development, trading, cultural exchanges and mutual political agreements. Economic corridors, seaport, roads and railway networks help to increase economic growth among the partner countries. Economic corridors are acting as a corridor of economic development through suitable infrastructure, energy, gas, oil and electricity, roads, railways and other related projects. The article suggests that all the member countries should need to utilize their resources and make an effective network for global peace and sustainable economic development under BRI initiative. This study contributes to the ongoing debate on economic development prospects of BRI initiative through exploring the economic context, strategy, challenges, risks and opportunities for regional economic development.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding the publication of this paper.

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