Foreword PART Ⅰ Contribution of China's Reform and Opening up to the World and Formation of the Belt and and Road Initiative 1 The Historic Contribution of China’S Reform and Opening up to the World Zhou Fangye 2 DevelOping an Open Economy and the Belt and Road Zhou Fangye 3 China’S Economic Restructuring and the Belt and Road Zhou Fangye 4 Innovation-driven Development and the Belt and Road Zhou Fangye 5 Responsibilities of China as a Major Country and the Belt and Road Zhou Fangye 6 Confidence of a Major Country and the Belt and Road Zhou Fangye 7 Deficit in Development and the Belt and Road Xu Liping 8 Deficit in Peace and the Belt and Road YangXiaoping 9 Deficit in Governance and the Belt and Road WangXiaoling Part Ⅱ Historic Inheritance 10 Naming ofthe Silk Road DongXiangrong 11 A BriefHistory ofthe Silk Road DongXiangrong 12 The Overland Silk Road DongXiangrong 13 The Maritime Silk Road DongXiangrong 14 Silk road and Exchanges Among Different Countries DongXiangrong 15 The Silk Road Spirit Dong Xiangrong Part Ⅲ Formation and Framework of the Concept 16 Process for Proposing the Concept Wang Yuzhu 17 Background Wang Yuzhu 18 The Belt and Road Initiative Framework Wang Yuzhu and Li Shicheng 19 Basic Contents Xu Juan and Wang Yuzhu 20 Basic Principles Wang Yuzhu andJiang Fangfei …… Part Ⅻ Case Studirs of ERI Implementation and Promotion List of Contributors