ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book addresses a much-neglected topic in discourses surrounding China's gigantic 'One Belt One Road' (OBOR) project–private international law. It discusses complexity surrounding the meaning of reciprocity within the context of the Chinese law. The book highlights the fact that not all OBOR-participating countries recognise the concept of party autonomy in choice of law in contract. With the project of enormous scale as the OBOR, the law concerning international trade becomes just a facet of it. The law of many countries along the OBOR routes remain unknown and inaccessible due to language barriers, lack of systematic record keeping systems and different legal cultures. To some extent, discussions on the private international law issues pertaining to the OBOR undeniably overlap with the larger topic of harmonisation of private international law on the global level.
