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2016: A New Year, A New Road? One Belt One Road - China’s New Outbound Trade Initiative
By Carolyn Dong, Matthew Davis, Peter Li and Simin YU, DLA Piper LLP Feb 02, 2016
China’s “One Belt One Road” initiative was first introduced by President Xi Jinping during his visits to Central and Southeast Asia in September and October 2013. With the dawn of 2016, it is appropriate time to take stock and review what has been done so far in implementing the initiative, and its future direction.
Set out below is an overview of the One Belt One Road (shortened to “OBOR”) initiative. As detailed further below, with the initiative successfully launched, key funding institutions established, a regulatory framework deployed and eager diplomats entering into multiple bilateral agreements across the globe, 2016 is now likely to see a rapid acceleration in the uptake of OBOR projects. The potential now exists for powerful partnerships to be established between international and Chinese enterprises to leverage off this initiative.
"ONE BELT, ONE ROAD" IN A NUTSHELL
"One Belt, One Road" is a development strategy and framework, proposed by the highest levels of PRC Government that focuses on connectivity and cooperation among countries along two main routes, the land-based "Silk Road Economic Belt" and oceangoing "Maritime Silk Road" which run through the continents of Asia, Europe and Africa, connecting vibrant East Asian economies at one end and developed Western European economies at the other, while encompassing more than 65 countries along the route. The OBOR initiative covers countries as diverse as Singapore, Georgia, Kenya and the Netherlands.
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