Development of Regional Logistics Along the One Belt and One Road

The “One Belt and One Road” initiative is a major Chinese strategy of diplomacy and economic development. From the global perspective, the One Belt and One Road (heretofore referred to as the Belt & Road) connects Europe, Asia, Pacific and Indian Ocean. The strategy will help establish the new international pattern of opening-up. From China’s domestic perspective, the One Belt and One Road opens up the passages to the South and West of China, while promoting cooperation of flows of materials, business and information among regions in China; it benefits the coupled development of the Eastern, Central and Western regions of China. As such, the One Belt and One Road is also an important strategy for the logistic development in China. It works as the important means for the country to build the land and maritime logistic passages, and to establish and develop the two-way international logistic system.