Proceedings of ICLT 2017
AN ANALYSIS OF THE COMPETITIVE POSITION OF THE EURASIAN LAND BRIDGE, CHINA TO GERMANY
Xiaorui Ren; Anthony Beresford; Stephen Pettit
Logistics and Operations Management, Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, UK; Logistics and Operations Management, Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, UK; Logistics and Operations Management, Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, UK
International Conference on Logistics & Transport 2017, Bangkok, Thailand, pp. 33-41
Paper overview
The 'One Belt, One Road' strategy is the major strategic decision which was developed by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) led by Xi Jinping in response to global trade developments. This strategy has been included in the Chinese government's 'Annual Work Report', as an important strategy (Yuan, 2014). From 2013, China established the 'One Belt, One Road' strategy, and proposed actions outlined on jointly building a Silk Road Economic Belt and 21 st-Century Maritime Silk Road which was published in 2015 (Zou et al, 2015). The Silk Road Economic Belt begins in China and passes through five Central Asian countries, Russia, Western Europe and regions along the Mediterranean. The Maritime Silk Road begins in China's coastal areas, follows three routes and covers more ports and countries: 1. Pacific line: starts from the eastern coast of China to reach Japan and Korea, and 11 Southeast Asian countries including the Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand. Indian Ocean line: start from the east coast of China, and reaches India, Pakistan and the east coast of Africa through the Strait of Malacca, and then goes into the Persian Gulf via the Strait of Atlantic line: starts from the east coast of China into the Indian Ocean, and reaches European countries after entering the Mediterranean via Ba bel-Mandab and the Suez Canal.
Keywords
logistics; transport; supply chain
Citation
Xiaorui Ren; Anthony Beresford; Stephen Pettit (2017). AN ANALYSIS OF THE COMPETITIVE POSITION OF THE EURASIAN LAND BRIDGE, CHINA TO GERMANY. Proceedings of the International Conference on Logistics & Transport (ICLT 2017), Bangkok, Thailand, pp. 33-41.