Economics of the Belt and Road Initiative

Chen Yongjun received his Ph.D. in economics in 1992 and taught at Xiamen University and Renmin University of China. After working at these two universities for nearly 30 years, he is currently a special-term professor at Guangdong University of Finance and Economics and the Director of the Institute of Double-Cycle Development in the Greater Bay Area at this university. Chen is a senior Fulbright visiting scholar (2004). His research areas are focused on market economy theory and reform practice, industrial economy and regional development theory, enterprise strategic management practice, and so on. He has presided over more than twenty research projects either funded by the Chinese government or entrusted by corporations. He has also won several major awards. Since 2015, he has been studying the "Belt and Road" initiative and has given more than 300 lectures at home and abroad introducing the innovative ideas and the theoretical system proposed in his research. His contributions have been widely welcomed by audiences worldwide and highly valued by the relevant departments of the Chinese central government. The "Belt and Road" Economic Reader was published in China in 2017 and was translated into six languages, including English, Russian, French, and Arabic. In 2019, he was appointed as the chief expert of the "Belt and Road" special research project of the National Social Science Foundation of China, titled "The Path to Actualization of a High-Quality Development of the ‘Belt and Road’".

List of Figures – List of Tables – Preface – Acknowledgments – Introduction – Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for the Actualization of the BRI – Analysis of the Investment Scale Boundary of the BRI: A Benefit Creation and Sharing Mechanism Perspective – Basic Information on the Eight Years of the Construction of the BRI – Analysis of the Emblematic Projects in the Construction of the BRI – Analysis of the Stabilization Mechanism of the Co-construction of the BRI for China and the World Economy in the Year of the Pandemic – Basic Ideas and Requirements for the Co-construction of the BRI Quality Development – Institutional and Mechanism Innovations for Co-constructing the BRI – Investment Planning and Financing for Co-constructing the BRI – Risk Control and Project Management of Co-constructing the BRI – Legal System and Implementation Mechanisms for the Co-construction of the BRI – Cultural Communication and Green Development for the Co-construction of the BRI – References – Index.