Since 2013, China provides countless benefits for countries along BRI (Belt and Road Initiative), which is developing towards a good future. However, the break out of Covid-19 from China in January greatly slowed down, even blocked the development of BRI, so does those countries along it. Hundreds of projects had to cease to prevent the spread of the virus, and the economy of China and countries along BRI also stagnated. This article evaluates the extent of Coivd-19’s various effects on BRI in different periods. From the breakout to the time when China have mostly recovered.

Zhou Quan. Analysis of Covid-19’s influence on BRI. The Frontiers of Society, Science and Technology (2020) Vol. 2 Issue 14: 33-36. https://doi.org/10.25236/FSST.2020.021405.

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