China of reform and opening up is the world's largest innovation, "Belt and Road Initiative as all-round opening up strategy, is the economic corridor theory and economic theory, with the twenty-first Century international cooperation theory of innovation of economic development theory, regional cooperation theory, the theory of globalization. "Belt and Road Initiative" emphasizes to jointly build and share principle, beyond the Marshall plan, foreign aid and going out strategy for international cooperation in twenty-first Century to bring new ideas.

　　For example, the "economic zone" concept is the regional economic cooperation model innovation, the economic corridor -- Russia and Mongolia Economic Corridor, the new Eurasian Continental Bridge, China - Central Asia economic corridor, Meng Zhongyin, Chinese - Myanmar economic corridor Indochina Peninsula Economic Corridor, with the economic growth pole of the surrounding radiation, beyond the traditional theory of development economics.

　　"Silk Road Economic Belt" concept, all kinds of different appeared in the history of economic zone "and" economic union ", compared with the above two, economic belt has high flexibility, wide applicability and operability characteristics, all countries are equal participants, voluntary participation, to promote synergy principle and carry forward the spirit of the ancient Silk Road all-embracing.