President Xi Jinping delivered a keynote speech at the opening ceremony of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation CEO summit,pledging that all countries in the Asia Pacific region shall work and connect with each other.The...President Xi Jinping delivered a keynote speech at the opening ceremony of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation CEO summit,pledging that all countries in the Asia Pacific region shall work and connect with each other.The connectivity and infrastructural construction of Asia Pacific region is the precondition for regional economic integration and provides drivers for long-term economic growth.展开更多
Infrastructure connectivity is one of the cooperation priorities of the Belt and Road Initiative(BRI).The construction and improvement of infrastructure means a large amount of investment as well as lots of risks.This...Infrastructure connectivity is one of the cooperation priorities of the Belt and Road Initiative(BRI).The construction and improvement of infrastructure means a large amount of investment as well as lots of risks.This study tries to gauge the funding needs for the countries along the Belt and Road for infrastructure investment to maintain a relatively rapid economic growth.To make it convenient for analysis,this study only projects the appropriate infrastructure investment demand of 65 countries along the Belt and Road that have relatively complete GDP statistics in recent years.And the projection result is the total appropriate infrastructure investment demand is expected to be about US$11.5 trillion between 2017 and 2021.To overcome the challenges and attract more funds to meet the large-scale infrastructure investment demand of the BRI countries,it is critical to improve the infrastructure investment environment in the region.Besides governments’functions of improving investment environment,the role of private investors is of equal importance as market rules and international norms are followed in the process of facilities connectivity construction of the BRI.展开更多
文摘President Xi Jinping delivered a keynote speech at the opening ceremony of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation CEO summit,pledging that all countries in the Asia Pacific region shall work and connect with each other.The connectivity and infrastructural construction of Asia Pacific region is the precondition for regional economic integration and provides drivers for long-term economic growth.
文摘Infrastructure connectivity is one of the cooperation priorities of the Belt and Road Initiative(BRI).The construction and improvement of infrastructure means a large amount of investment as well as lots of risks.This study tries to gauge the funding needs for the countries along the Belt and Road for infrastructure investment to maintain a relatively rapid economic growth.To make it convenient for analysis,this study only projects the appropriate infrastructure investment demand of 65 countries along the Belt and Road that have relatively complete GDP statistics in recent years.And the projection result is the total appropriate infrastructure investment demand is expected to be about US$11.5 trillion between 2017 and 2021.To overcome the challenges and attract more funds to meet the large-scale infrastructure investment demand of the BRI countries,it is critical to improve the infrastructure investment environment in the region.Besides governments’functions of improving investment environment,the role of private investors is of equal importance as market rules and international norms are followed in the process of facilities connectivity construction of the BRI.
