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A total of 18 Chinese provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities are involved in the Belt and Road Initiative. As of March 2020, the number of countries that have joined the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with China is 138. 138 countries are part of the BRI.

Aerial photo taken on April 11, 2019 shows a container wharf at Qinzhou port in south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Guangxi has played an increasingly important role under the Belt and Road Initiative. (Xinhua/Cao Yiming)

— Jointly building BRI

A total of 13 Chinese provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities, including Xinjiang, Chongqing, Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai, Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Guangxi, Yunnan and Tibet, are involved in the Silk Road Economic Belt.

China’s Shanghai municipality and the four provinces of Fujian, Guangdong, Zhejiang and Hainan are the participants of the 21st-century Maritime Silk Road.

— Belt and Road countries and regions

As of March 2020, the number of countries that have joined the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with China is 138. 138 countries are part of the BRI.

The countries of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) are spread across all continents:

38 countries are in Sub-Saharan Africa

34 BRI countries are in Europe & Central Asia (including 18 countries of the European Union (EU) that are part of the BRI)

25 BRI countries are in East Asia & pacific

17 BRI countries in Middle East & North Africa

18 BRI countries are in Latin America & Caribbean

6 countries are in South East Asia

— Belt and Road Initiative

The Belt and Road Initiative is the abbreviation of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the twenty-first Century Maritime Silk Road (abbreviated BRI). It consists of two main components, the land-based “Silk Road Economic Belt” and oceangoing “21st century Maritime Silk Road “.

The initiative focuses on promoting policy coordination, connectivity of infrastructure and facilities, unimpeded trade, financial integration, and closer people-to-people ties through extensive consultation, joint contribution and shared benefits, with the goal of bringing benefits to all.

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