Abstract
The Belt and Road Initiative is China’s proposition for seeking common development with other countries in the world. The year 2023 marks the 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative. Over the past ten years, the initiative has connected more than 150countries in Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America, covering two-thirds of the world’s population and accounting for about 40% of the world’s GDP. Looking from a global perspective, the investment in sub-Saharan Africa in Belt and Road cooperation has increased by 130% in sub-Saharan Africa over the past decade, among which the amount of construction contracts has increased by 69%. Sub-Saharan Africa has become the second largest destination of the Belt and Road Initiative-related investment after Southeast Asia, and China-Africa Belt and Road cooperation has moved from the periphery to the center This is a photo taken on January 30, 2021 in Suez Governorate, Egypt, of the second container terminal of Ain Sukhna Port, which was built by a Chinese company.(Photo/Xinhua)14CHINA & AFRICA
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