ABSTRACT

President Xi Jinping proposal to build the Belt and Road is a choice to follow the trend of the times and the general trend of international and domestic development. The Initiative to jointly build the Belt and Road, embracing the trend towards a multi-polar world, economic globalisation, cultural diversity and greater IT application, is designed to uphold the global free trade regime and the open world economy in the spirit of open regional cooperation. The Belt and Road Initiative is therefore a firm force for maintaining the open world economic system. The Belt and Road Initiative is a product of China’s perception of the world, but China’s policies have always been rooted in China’s reality. The Belt and Road Initiative is a product of a major developing country understands of the requirements of the times and its understanding of its own responsibilities.