Belt and Road Initiative
Also known as One Belt One Road, Belt and Road, B&R, BRI, OBOR, One Belt, One Road, New Silk Road, B&R, Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road
Chinese global infrastructure project
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The Belt and Road Initiative is a large-scale Chinese program to build infrastructure projects like roads, ports, and railways across Asia, Africa, and beyond, connecting China to other countries through trade and investment routes. It matters because it significantly shapes global development patterns, economic relationships, and geopolitical influence in the regions where these projects are built.
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One Belt, One Road (OBOR) Simplified Chinese一带一路 Traditional Chinese一帶一路
The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI or B&R), also known as the One Belt One Road (Chinese: 一带一路; pinyin: Yīdài Yīlù) and sometimes called the New Silk Road, is a global infrastructure and economic development strategy of the government of China since 2013. Projects in over 150 countries include ports, railways, highways, power stations, aviation, and telecommunications.