Green BRI as the New BRI: Domestic Drivers and International Implications

Min Ye; Jiaqi Wang

doi:10.1017/9781009616515

Series: Elements in Indo-Pacific Security

Green BRI as the New BRI

Domestic Drivers and International Implications

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 April 2026

Min Ye and

Jiaqi Wang

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Min Ye: Affiliation:
Boston University

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China's Green Belt and Road Initiative (GBRI) was launched in 2017 to address key criticisms of the original BRI and to better align China's overseas development strategy with the global climate agenda. This research examines whether the GBRI represents a genuine shift in China or just a symbolic gesture, and explores its underlying domestic and international drivers. Specifically, it interrogates three prevailing interpretations of the GBRI: a greenwashing tactic, a geopolitical strategy, and a global climate cooperation effort. Our analysis reveals a more dynamic and nuanced process behind the GBRI's emergence and evolution in China. On the one hand, the initiative is rooted in Chinese green industrialization and globalization, interacting with external opportunities and constraints. On the other hand, the rise of GBRI has elicited diverse responses: while US-aligned countries have imposed barriers, emerging markets, while selectively, have embraced Chinese green energy investments.

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Green Belt and Road Initiative sustainable development energy transition statecraft global order US–China relations China

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