“一带一路”的理论本质是经济一体化

Economic Integration: Essence of the Belt and Road Initiative

文章通过重新考察一体化的概念,分析"丝绸之路"的历史含义以及"五通"的内涵,认为"一带一路"的理论本质是经济一体化。"一带一路"是以古代丝绸之路为文化纽带,以亚欧非地区的基础设施互联互通为重点,并依托中国作为主要推动力的经济一体化工程。它涵盖器物、制度和观念多个维度,着眼于共同发展,与现有的排他性的、以规则为导向的区域经济一体化相比有许多创新。另一方面,"一带一路"建议向全球伙伴开放,但是也有明确的区域重点,与现有的经济全球化存在重要区别。尽管存在诸多特性,"一带一路"倡议与其他经济一体化模式也面临不少共同的问题,值得相互借鉴和深入的比较研究。

The ontological analysis of the Silkroad Economic Belt and the 21 st Century Maritime Silkroad is essential for understanding and research of the initiative and practice. There are still suspicions and misunderstandings of the Belt and Road initiative, which would become obstructions to practice and further research. By defining the conception of integration, the historical meaning of Silkroad and the five goals of B&R initiative, this paper suggests that the essence of the Belt and Road is economic integration. It is an economic integration project linked with the traditional Silkroad route, focusing on the infrastructural connectivity of Eurasian continent and part of Africa, with China as the main impetus. It covers hard and soft infrastructures and is targeted at common development, different from the current exclusive and rule-oriented regional economic arrangements. On the other hand, although it is open to global partners, it has explicit regional focus and cannot be recognized as economic globalization. The Belt and Road is innovative in many ways, but it also faces many common challenges like other economic integration initiatives. Therefore, more comparative studies are needed.