One Belt One Road Europe
French Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve, accompanied by Marisol Touraine, Minister of Health, Jean-Marie Le Guen, Secretary of State for “La Francophonie” and Mathias Fekl, Secretary of State for foreign trade, paid a three-day official visit to China ( 21-23 February
Sergio Mattarella, President of the Italian Republic met with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping during his state visit to Beijing from 21 to 26 February 2017. The Italian president was accompanied by a delegation of entrepreneurs. The Italian Head of
In February 2017, Jean-Claude Gaudin, Mayor of Marseille laid the foundation stone of the “Marseille International Fashion Center 68” (MIF 68), which will open in July 2017. This structure will aim to become the largest wholesale market of Chinese textile
Manzhouli in the Chinese province of Inner Mongolia is becoming a major hub of the new Silk Road. The city has long been a place of exchange between China, Russia and Mongolia, but the OBOR project has strengthened its position.
Chinese President Xi Jinping invited Theresa May, British Prime Minister, to the One Belt One Road initiative summit to be held in Beijing in early May. Some twenty heads of state, including the presidents of Russia, Philippines and the prime
Fitch ratings issued a report in late January 2017 warning about the possible risks of financing OBOR projects for Chinese banks. Authors of this report acknowledge that projects supported by OBOR will ensure the modernization of infrastructure in some Asian
Ireland is expected to join the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank this year. Its membership was informally granted on 25 January 2017 during a meeting between Michael Noonan, the Finance Minister of Ireland and Jin Liqun, President of the AIIB. By
OBOReurope aims to foster Sino-European relations in the “Belt and Road” initiative.
OBOReurope, One Belt One Road Europe, is a platform of cooperation and dialogue between European and Chinese stakeholders to promote the “One Belt One Road” programme.