| Abstract: | During a high-level symposium on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) on November 19, President Xi Jinping issued a review of the initiative since its proposal in 2013 and also extended some further guidance on future endeavors.In the past eight years, countries along the BRI traversing Asia, Africa and Europe have benefited a lot from it. Particularly during the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, relevant projects helped prop up regional economic growth as well as the world economy by large. Comparatively, Latin American and the Caribbean countries (LACs) have achieved far less than those immersed in the BRI collaborative network. |
