Unexpected fact: By October 2023, this effort reached 151 countries, spanning about $41 trillion in GDP and roughly 5.1 billion people — a scale that reshaped global trade routes. The term “facilities connectivity” here means how Beijing funded and built cross-border systems: ports, rail, and digital links that knit regions together. This introduction sketches what was pursued from 2013 to …
Financial Literacy Projects Under Belt and Road Financial Integration and People Bonds








