Session B01: Issues on OBOR

• The AIIB is an international financial institution dedicated to lending funds for projects of infrastructure building which facilitate connectivity and cooperation among countries primarily covered by the OBOR. The primary objective of the first study is to therefore highlight the economic significance of infrastructure investment in the OBOR. Central to the analysis is making a quantitative contribution to the understanding of how infrastructure investment facilitates the OBOR, in terms of economic gains in the involved countries. The conclusions and insights of this study will shed light on the optimal design of investment strategies of the AIIB.
  
  
• The second study will examine the impacts of the OBOR strategy on the wine industry. The authors will provide a critical overview of wine production in the different regions of China, and discuss the relationship between local economic development and the wine production business. The emergence of the OBOR policy thus raises important questions for future research in this area .

• The tea sector is important to the Sri Lankan economy. The first study therefore aims to investigate the tea cluster in Sri Lanka, analyse the criteria that influence the effectiveness of tea clusters, and evaluate ways to utilise resources to make tea clusters sustainable .
  
  
• Kazakhstan is one of the main target countries to invest along the OBOR. However, there are many differences between Kazakhstan and Chinese commercial legislation, especially on the grounds of the functions of the board of directors of limited liability companies. The second study therefore aims to provide investors with some suggestions on company governance.

• Based on the theories of location quotient and industry life cycle, the last study examines the situation of 20 countries along the MSR to identify their potential to undertake manufacturing transfer. The authors also propose some strategies for encouraging the development of shipping logistics and manufacturing in the context of the development strategy of the 21st-Century MSR.