A discursive construction of the Belt and Road Initiative:From neo-liberal to inclusive globalization

摘要

An international consensus is emerging around the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) proposed by the Chinese government,with a growing number of countries seeing it as a way of jointly exploring new international economic governance mechanisms.Meanwhile,with the crisis of neo-liberalism,economic globalization has arrived at a crossroad.In particular,incessant voices speak out against globalization,making the quest for a new way of promoting global development a major challenge.In this context,more and more political elites and scholars consider that the BRI opens up a possible new globalization path,amongst which inclusive globalization warrants exploration.On the basis of a brief analysis of the course and mechanism of global economic expansion and the limitations of neo-liberal globalization,along with the putting into practice of the BRI,this paper outlines some of the core features of inclusive globalization,i.e.,inclusive growth with effective and efficient government regulation;inclusive infrastructure development;inclusive development paths chosen nationally that suit national conditions;inclusive participation;and cultural inclusiveness.Although these features are not sufficient to characterize fully inclusive globalization,they do identify some directions for future research,and provide elements of a discursive construction of the BRI.