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Outlook on China

Where Is Belt and Road Heading?

June 24, 2025
16:00–17:00 (Asia/Shanghai time zone)

About this session

Since the Belt and Road Initiative was launched over 10 years ago, China has established collaboration with over 150 countries and 30 international organizations and facilitated over $380 billion in cumulative two-way investment with countries along the road. Amid geoeconomic shifts, how have these projects measured up to their objectives and what new directions might this initiative...
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Speakers

QC
Qian Chaoyang
Director of the Board and President
China Southern Power Grid
YA
Yuen Yuen Ang
Alfred Chandler Chair Professor of Political Economy
Johns Hopkins University
RA
Rania Al-Mashat
Minister of Planning, Economic Development and International Cooperation
Ministry of Planning, Economic Development and International Cooperation of Egypt
WG
Wang Guan
Host and Senior Journalist, Leaders Talk, China Central Television (CCTV) and China Global Television Network (CGTN)
China Media Group

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