INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT OF INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENT AND ACTIONS FOR THE “BELT AND ROAD” COUNTRIES

摘要

“The Silk Road Economic Belt” and “the 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road” initiative?aims at promoting regulated flow of economic factors, allocating resources efficiently, integrating?markets, and developing a broader, higher, and deeper level of regional interaction to create?an open, inclusive, balanced, and widely beneficial regional economic cooperation framework.?Comprehensive and objective assessment and research on investment-climate geopolitical?strategy of the countries in the “Belt and Road” zone would help improve security and stability?of China’s foreign economic and trade exchanges along with its political and economic?influence. Based on Delphi technique, the investment environment evaluation system of the?“Belt and Road” countries has been developed and used to comprehensively analyze social?and economic development, traffic infrastructure, informatization, resources, and political and?security environment, all of which are the important conditions for investment environment?of the “Belt and Road” countries. The results show that Russia, Mongolia, Pakistan, Central Asia,?Germany, Netherlands, Italy, and Hungary represent the attractive investment areas. Eastern?Europe, India, and Iran represent the key investment areas. Based on the analysis, investment?strategy steps for the “Belt and Road” countries have been formulated. We hope our research?can provide the scientific foundation for decision-making in China in relation to the “Belt and?Road” foreign investment strategy.