Keyword: «silk road»

At the turn of the century, trade between Europe and Asia began to grow rapidly, which required new logistics and infrastructure routes for faster and cheaper delivery of goods from one part of the continent to another. “One Belt – One Road” is the most global economic project of the People’s Republic of China: the country is actively promoting this project, it is its main foreign policy priority. The purpose of the article is to consider the reasons for its launching, directions, routes, shortcomings of the economic belt of the New Silk Road and the 21st century Maritime Silk Road; to analyze what benefits it brings for other states to take part in this project. The result of the article is a description of China’s actions mechanism and assessment of the project viability as a whole.