Analýza iniciativy Nové Hedvábné stezky a její dopad na vybrané státy

The New Silk Road project was launched in 2013 at Nazarbayec university in Kazakhstan during the speech of Chinese president Xi Jinping. The Belt and Road Initiative, which is focused on building the New Silk Road, contains overland and sea roads. A system of overland roads connects China with countries in Central Asia, Middle East, Russia and ends in Europe. On the other hand, the maritime silk road connects China with Southeast Asia and India, crosses the Indian Ocean to East Africa, continues through the Red Sea and again, ends in Europe. By the end of 2019, 136 countries have already been participating in on Belt and Road initiative and in some of these countries, the influence of China is very obvious. According to the speech of Chinese president Xi Jinping, the cooperation on this initiative should result in win-win situation. Because of that, in my work, I will be analyzing the impact of New Silk Road on chosen countries in short and long term. Part of my work is also analyzing the economic situation of China, where I will compare the national economy before and after cooperation. Based on data and information analysis, the result is that New Silk Road is capable of producing a win-win situation. However, the cooperation must take a form, on which the local economy can participate. Otherwise the impact of initiative will be limited.