scholarly journals Environmental Risks and Precautions of Chinese Enterprisesr Foreign Investment in the Context of Green Belt and Road Initiative

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiangshi Mao
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Investment ◽  
Environmental Risks ◽  
Belt And Road Initiative ◽  
Green Belt ◽  
Belt And Road

scholarly journals Has “the Belt and Road initiative” Improved the Pollution Level?

2021 ◽  
Vol 275 ◽  
pp. 02023
Author(s):  
Jing Zheng
Keyword(s):  
Panel Data ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Foreign Investment ◽  
Industrial Structure ◽  
Pollution Level ◽  
Belt And Road Initiative ◽  
Waste Gas ◽  
Belt And Road ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Belt And Road

Based on the panel data of 278 prefecture-level cities in China from 2008 to 2018, this paper adopts DID method to verify the impact of “the Belt and Road initiative” on pollution level of these cities, the results are still robust through the placebo test and PSM-DID, the mechanism is also analyzed. The study found that “the Belt and Road initiative” has a significant effect on the emission of wastewater, waste gas and dust of cities in China; the mechanism test shows that “the Belt and Road initiative” has significantly reduced urban environmental pollution by promoting foreign investment, upgrading industrial structure and technological innovation.

scholarly journals The Belt and Road Initiative: Maximizing benefits, managing risks—A computable general equilibrium approach

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongjoo Hahm ◽  
Selim Raihan
Keyword(s):  
Computable General Equilibrium ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Environmental Risks ◽  
Belt And Road Initiative ◽  
The Social ◽  
Belt And Road ◽  
Trade Analysis ◽  
Global Trade Analysis Project ◽  
The Belt And Road ◽  
Social And Environmental Risks

Using a Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) model, and China as the base for analytical comparison, this paper shows that there are significant economic benefits to China and the participating countries along all six Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) economic corridors. However, to maximize these benefits, the social and environmental risks need to be well managed. The analysis shows a clear sequencing in terms of priority corridors. Two corridors have minimal investments and immediate returns, two corridors have significant investments with huge returns, and two corridors have high investments with lower returns. Overall, the paper demonstrates that to ensure the sustainability of any BRI corridor development, there is a need to consider its costs and benefits from the economic, social and environmental perspectives.

scholarly journals Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership: Opportunities and Challenges for Thailand

2020 ◽  
pp. 132-144
Author(s):  
Witchanee Srisanit ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Investment ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Geographical Location ◽  
Master Plan ◽  
Belt And Road Initiative ◽  
Economic Aspects ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
Belt And Road ◽  
Economic Partnership ◽  
Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership

Multilateral economic cooperation in the framework of RCEP is one of Thailand's main goals for its integration into the global economy. Due to its geographical location in the center of Southeast Asia, which maintains its leading role in the region, especially in economic aspects, Thailand will be able to make use of its Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) project to expand international trade with various partners in larger markets and attract foreign investment to the country through the Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity (MPAC 2025), and the China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Within the framework of the cooperation, Thailand, however, will face not only numerous opportunities, but also challenges.

scholarly journals The Spatial Network Contagion of Environmental Risks Among Countries Along the Belt and Road Initiative

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ling Lu ◽  
Kai Fang ◽  
Chuan Ming Liu ◽  
Cheng Sun
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Economic Integration ◽  
Environmental Risk ◽  
Spatial Clustering ◽  
Environmental Risks ◽  
Quadratic Assignment ◽  
Spatial Network ◽  
Belt And Road Initiative ◽  
Belt And Road ◽  
The Belt And Road

Under the tide of global economic integration with aggravated environmental risks caused by intensive human activities, the spatial network correlation of environmental risks has become intensified. The close exchange of activities among the countries under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) will especially feel this contagion of environmental risks. Given this situation, this article analyzes the environmental risk contagion relations among the BRI countries and the characteristics of their network structure by using social network analysis (SNA). A block model is used to analyze the spatial clustering characteristics of the environmental risk contagion. Specifically, the driving factors of environmental risk contagion are analyzed through the quadratic assignment procedure (QAP) of SNA. The results of this article provide some references for the BRI to reduce the environmental risks and jointly control the environmental risk contagion, so as to assist in the promotion of a green silk road.

scholarly journals Pioneering a Green Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) alignment between China and other members: mapping BRI's sustainability plan

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Cheshmehzangi ◽  
Linjun Xie ◽  
May Tan-Mullins
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Belt And Road Initiative ◽  
Green Belt ◽  
Green Development ◽  
Belt And Road

Abstract This study is the first attempt to explore the green development alignments between China and other BRI countries. It maps and presents the green agendas practiced in BRI countries by 2017 before exploring on the ground practices of China-led physical developments in these countries. 2017 is marked as the year China pledged to promote a greener BRI. This is achieved by examining how China's green BRI agenda and infrastructure development projects were undertaken in different partner countries. By doing so, we sought to identify gaps and opportunities for pursuing green developments across and through the BRI. The findings from this study contribute to the overall debate and exploration of sustainable development of BRI.

The Belt and Road Initiative and Sino-Russian economic cooperation: Is there one more chance for us?

2019 ◽  
pp. 47-71
Author(s):  
Petr M. Mozias
Keyword(s):  
Regional Integration ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Belt And Road Initiative ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
Belt And Road ◽  
Flexible Framework ◽  
The One ◽  
International Transactions ◽  
The Belt And Road ◽  
Current Stage

China’s Belt and Road Initiative could be treated ambiguously. On the one hand, it is intended to transform the newly acquired economic potential of that country into its higher status in the world. China invites a lot of nations to build up gigantic transit corridors by joint efforts, and doing so it applies productively its capital and technologies. International transactions in RMB are also being expanded. But, on the other hand, the Belt and Road Initiative is also a necessity for China to cope with some evident problems of its current stage of development, such as industrial overcapacity, overdependence on imports of raw materials from a narrow circle of countries, and a subordinate status in global value chains. For Russia participation in the Belt and Road Initiative may be fruitful, since the very character of that project provides us with a space to manoeuvre. By now, Russian exports to China consist primarily of fuels and other commodities. More active industrial policy is needed to correct this situation . A flexible framework of the Belt and Road Initiative is more suitable for this objective to be achieved, rather than traditional forms of regional integration, such as a free trade zone.

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