Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

The idea of creating a new multilateral bank, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), was first evoked by Xi Jinping in October 2013. After more than 800 days of combined preparatory efforts by 57 countries, the AIIB was formally established, in accordance with China's proposal, on December 25, 2015 in Beijing. The bank held its opening ceremony on January 16, 2016.

The AIIB is a regional inter-governmental development institution focused on supporting infrastructure development. It is the first multinational financial institution to be sponsored by China. By the end of June 2017 it had a total of 80 members – second only to the membership of the World Bank – including UN Security Council permanent members and most G20 members.

As a multilateral development bank, the AIIB operates according to its own standards. All countries along the Belt and Road can obtain loans, provided that their projects (a) are financially viable, (b) are environmentally friendly, and (c) have the support of local communities. 

Among other sectors, the bank is initially investing in energy and electricity, transport, telecommunications, rural and agricultural infrastructure, water supply and sewerage, environmental protection, urban development, and logistics. As of June 2017, 16 projects in nine countries have been approved to a total value of $2.57 billion. 

亞洲基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施投資銀行

2013 年 10 月，習近平提出了籌建亞洲基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施投資銀行（簡稱亞投行）的倡議。在歷經(jīng)800 余天籌備后，由中國倡議成立、57 國共同籌建的亞投行于 2015 年 12 月 25 日在北京宣告成立。2016 年 1 月 16 日，亞投行舉行了開業(yè)儀式。亞投行是一個政府間性質(zhì)的區(qū)域多邊開發(fā)機構(gòu)，重點支持基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施建設(shè)，這是首個由中國倡議設(shè)立的多邊金融機構(gòu)。截止到 2017 年 6月底，共有 80 個成員，總成員數(shù)僅次于世界銀行，涵蓋了聯(lián)合國安理會常任理事國和二十國集團中的絕大多數(shù)成員國。亞投行作為多邊開發(fā)銀行有其單獨的業(yè)務(wù)標準，“一帶一路”沿線國家都可以獲得亞投行的貸款，但必須滿足三個條件：一是金融可持續(xù)發(fā)展，二是項目要環(huán)保，三是項目要受到該地區(qū)民眾的歡迎。亞投行初期投資重點領(lǐng)域包括能源與電力、交通和電信、農(nóng)村和農(nóng)業(yè)基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施、供水與污水處理、環(huán)境保護、城市發(fā)展以及物流等。截止到2017年6月，亞投行共批準了16個項目，總金額為25.7億美元，涉及到9個國家。