Introduction
1 What is the concept of the Belt and Road?
2 When was the concept of the Silk Road first proposed, and by whom?
3 What is the spirit of the Silk Road?
4 What are the epochal meanings of the Silk Road Spirit?
5 How shall we understand the spirit of "peace and cooperation, openness
and inclusiveness, mutual learning and mutual benefit"?
6 Why is it important to accelerate the Belt and Road's development?
7 What principles should be followed in building the Belt and Road, since it is a systematic project?
1 Strategic Conception
8 When was the Silk Road Economic Belt proposed?
9 When was the 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road proposed?
10 When was the Belt and Road Initiative elevated to a major state strategy?
11 Against what background was the Belt and Road Initiative proposed?
12 When was the Vision and Actions on Jointly Building Silk Road Economic
Belt and 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road published?
13 How many stages are there in formulating the Vision and Actions?
14 How many parts does the Vision and Actions cover?
2 Silk Road: A Brief History
15 What is the Silk Road?
16 When did China's silk come into being?
17 When was China's silk brought to the West?
18 Why did Zhang Qian go on diplomatic missions to the Western Regions?
19 What are the connotations and scope of the Western Regions?
20 What contributions did Pei Ju make to the Silk Road?
21 What contributions did Faxian, Xuanzang and Yijing, among other
Buddhist pilgrims, make to the Silk Road?
22 What is the relationship between the Battle of Talas and the Silk Road?
23 How did the Three Foreign Religions spread to China?
24 What influence did the Mongolian western expeditions have on the Silk Road?
25 Against what background did Richthofen propose the idea of the "Silk Road"?
3 Competition Between Great Powers
26 What are the strategies or initiatives of other countries that are similar to the Belt and Road Initiative?
27 What is the New Silk Road Initiative?
28 What is the Eurasian Economic Union?
29 What is the European Union's Partnership with Central Asia?
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4 Background
5 Framework
6 Cooperation Areas
7 Mechanisms and Platforms
8 Advantages of Various Regions in China
9 Cooperation Results
10 Vision and Outlook
References
Appendix
Postscript
