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The Five Connectivity Indexes of the 16 nations in West Asia and North Africa in 2017 present the following characteristics: the overall rankings drop sharply compared with 2016.

Europe stretches from a booming Asia-Pacific economic circle in the east to a mature and developed European economic circle in the west, therefore, it naturally becomes an important participant within the Belt and Road framework.

Eurasia is a key area for the Belt and Road Initiative (or BRI for short).

People-to-people bond is the social foundation of the Belt and Road Initiative.

As the number of Belt and Road Initiative countries and regions has increased over the past five years, so has the scope and depth of financial integration.

The Belt and Road Initiative is aimed at building new trade routes. The importance of unimpeded trade to the Belt and Road Initiative is self-evident.