●Section 1 Overall Analysis 1
●16+1 as a Laboratory: Lessons China’ s New Relations with CESEE Can Teach Us about the Future of the Belt and Road Initiative 1
●How Could the “16+1 Cooperation” Promote the Belt and Road Initiative after the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation 16
●Innovation in Understanding and Cooperating the Macro-Regions: The Potential of Promotion of the “16+1 Cooperation” and the Belt and Road Initiative 34
●16+1 Promoting Belt and Road Initiative: Challenges and Potential Policy Responses 54
●16+1 China-CEEC Cooperation Platform Promoting Belt and Road: Opportunities and Challenges 71
●“16+1 Cooperation” Promoting Belt and Road Initiative Better after the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation 89
●Section 2 National Perspectives 102
●China in Europe: A View from the Balkans 102
●Perception of the 16+1 and the Belt and Road Initiative: A Perspective from Latvia 124
●China-Croatia Cooperation: Past, Present and Future 132
●How Bosnia and Herzegovina Could Benefit from the Belt and Road Initiative:BRI Perspective of an Ambassador 145