China's Belt and Road Initiative, announced in 2013, is one of the largest integration projects of the 21st century. This initiative aims to improve the existing and create new trade routes, transport and economic corridors linking the countries of Central Asia, Europe and Africa. There are many different opinions regarding “One Belt One Road”. It forced the scientific community around the world to reconsider the world situation. In this article, the authors attempted to systematize and analyze the views of Chinese scientists regarding the Belt and Road Initiative, and to reveal and interpret the goals of this initiative as well.

Xia Shuang, Postgraduate, Irkutsk National Research Technical University, 83, Lermontov st., Irkutsk, 664074, Russian Federation; Junior Researcher, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, 82-1, Vernadskii av., Moscow, 119571, Russian Federation, e-mail: free.yiyi@163.com 

Khalmakshinova Svetlana Rodionovna, Master’s Degree (Jurisprudence), Irkutsk National Research Technical University, 83, Lermontov st., Irkutsk, 664074, Russian Federation, e-mail: khsr@ex.istu.edu

Xia Shuang, Khalmakshinova S.R. Comparative Analysis of Current Chinese Research Approaches Towards Belt and Road Initiative. The Bulletin of Irkutsk State University. Series Political Science and Religion Studies, 2020, vol. 33, pp. 68-78. https://doi.org/10.26516/2073-3380.2020.33.68 (in Russian)

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