Market in State: Why China's Private Enterprises Invest in the Belt and Road Initiative

• In Event: China's Belt and Road Initiative

Brief Overview

This article examines how political logic drives private enterprises' bottom-up engagement with the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Despite uncertain economic prospects, enterprises invest to gain political resources and expand growth opportunities.

Authors

• Chengyuan Ji, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

• Ling Fang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University