The New Vision for Belt and Road

With over 150 countries and international organizations participating,the initiative will be built into a more open and innovative one.OMPARED with nine years ago,when the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) was first proposed,the current international landscape has greatly changed with both favorable and unfavorable factors popping up for cooperation on the initiative.More and more countries are now supporting and embracing the vision.It is estimated that nearly 80 percent of the countries that have diplomatic relations with China have joined in.As of July 2021,140 countries and32 international organizations had become participants in the initiative,which has become truly global,spanning Asia,Europe,Africa,and South America.