本书从全球经济和地缘政治等视角出发，深入分析古丝绸之路的兴起以及陆上丝路衰落和海上丝路兴起的历史性交替，解析“一带一路”倡议的来龙去脉、伟大意义和理论依据，结合历史经验教训统筹思考在推动“一带一路”中需要进行的多方面的精心的持续准备。该书指出，“一带一路”倡议的提出不只是为了打通历史上中断的丝绸之路，实现贸易相通和资金融通，更是超越地缘政治考量、构建人类命运共同体、开创新型全球化的伟大创举。伴随着“一带一路”构想的伟大实践，丝绸之路这条“世界最长、最具发展潜力的经贸走廊”，必将迎来全新的复兴。

何珊，女，北京人。北京清果金融信息服务有限公司董事长、东方电子支付有限公司重要股东。2004年获清华大学电气工程本科学位、2006年获清华大学硕士学位，2014年获中国人民银行金融研究所金融学博士学位。中国外汇领域专家，10年以上行业经验，专注“一带一路”海关、进口贸易及金融服务。中国第六届管理科学奖“英才奖”获得者，北京市第十一届青联委员，2019年海淀区“三八”红旗手，中国互联网协会青年专家，福州市榕商经济研究院副院长。主要研究方向为全球通汇及全球债务格局，在核心期刊上发表多篇论文，并出版图书《透视互联网金融》《金融巨震》等。

Chapter 1 China and the W_0rld：A Roadmap and Time table for Globalization
Section 1 From the Silk Road to the Belt and Road Initiative
Section 2 The Belt and Road Initiative：An International Comparison Perspective
Chapter 2 Geopolitical and Geo-economic Theories
Section 1 The EurasianⅥ，0dd Island Theory Proposed by British Geographer Mackinder
Section 2 The Rimland Theory Proposed by Dutch Strategist Spykman
Section 3 The Theory Proposed by Contemporary AlTlerican StrategistBrzezinski
Chapter 3 Pioneers on the Silk Road
Section 1 Stories of Zhang Qian
Section 2 GanYing's Mission to Daqhl
Section 3 Stories of Marco Polo
Section 4 Zheng He's Voyages to the Western Ocean
Section 5 British Ambassador Macarmey's Visit to China
Section 6 Summary
Chapter 4 The Beginning of the Age of Exploration：Trade Structure forNearlyTwo Hundred Years during the Qing Dynasty
Section 1 TradeOverview
Section 2 The Impacts of Foreign Trade
Section 3 Important Historical Roles
Section 4 World Powers after the Age of Exploration
Section 5 he First Wax for Trade Balance—the First Opium War
Chapter 5 Holistic Thinking about the Belt and Road Initiative
Section 1 Trade System
Section 2 The Monetary System and Financial Institutions
Section 3 Categories of Trade Goods
Section 4 Official Attitudes and Pubfic Acceptance
Section 5 FreeTrade Ports
Section 6 Historical Reasons for the Increase in China's ODI in Recent Years
Section 7 Comparison between China and Other Countries
Chapter 6 Specific Deliberation about the Belt and Road Initiative：The Land Sm Road
Section 1 Constraints on the Development of the Land Silk Road
Section 2 Institutional Differences
Section 3 Cultural Differences
Section 4 Revival of Eurasia
Chapter 7 Specific Deliberation about the Bek and Road Initiative：The Maritime SillRoad
Section 1 Material and Technical Foundation
Section 2 Institutional Preparations
Section4 RMB OffshoreMarkets
Section 3 Cultural Preparation
Section 4 Singapore's Experience
Chapter 8 The Bek and Road Initiative Leaaing to a Community with a Shared Future for Mankind
Section 1 Significance of Building a Community a Shared Future for Mankind
Section 2 The Belt and Road Inifiafive as a Focal Point of Efforts to Build a Community witll a Shared Future for Mankind
Section 3 PromotingTrade and InvestmentLiberalization from the Perspective of a Community with a Shared Future for Mankind
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