Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
The idea of creating a new multilateral bank, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), was first evoked by Xi Jinping in October 2013. After more than 800 days of combined preparatory efforts by 57 countries, the AIIB was formally established, in accordance with China’s proposal, on December 25, 2015 in Beijing. The bank held its opening ceremony on January 16, 2016.
The AIIB is a regional inter-governmental development institution focused on supporting infrastructure development. It is the first multinational financial institution to be sponsored by China. By the end of January 2019, it had a total of 93 members – second only to the membership of the World Bank – including most UN Security Council permanent members and G20 members.
Focusing on infrastructure connectivity, the AIIB has approved loans worth US$7.5 billion to 13 countries in east, southeast, south, central and west Asia and Africa, attracting nearly US$40 billion of other investment into relevant infrastructure projects.
As a multilateral development bank, the AIIB operates according to its own standards. All countries along the Belt and Road can obtain loans, provided that their projects (a) are financially viable, (b) are environmentally friendly, and (c) have the support of local communities.
Among other sectors, the bank is initially investing in energy and electricity, transport, telecommunications, rural and agricultural infrastructure, water supply and sewerage, environmental protection, urban development, and logistics.
亞洲基礎設施投資銀行
2013年 10 月，習近平提出了籌建亞洲基礎設施投資銀行（簡稱“亞投行”）的倡議。在歷經800 余天籌備后，由中國倡議成立、57 國共同籌建的亞投行于 2015 年 12 月 25 日在北京宣告成立。2016 年 1 月 16 日，亞投行舉行了開業儀式。亞投行是一個政府間性質的區域多邊開發機構，重點支持基礎設施建設，這是首個由中國倡議設立的多邊金融機構。截止到 2019年 1月，共有 93 個成員，總成員數僅次于世界銀行，涵蓋了聯合國安理會常任理事國和二十國集團中的絕大多數成員國。幾年來，亞投行以基礎設施互聯互通項目為重點，累計批準貸款75億美元，覆蓋東亞、東南亞、南亞、中亞、西亞、非洲等6個地區13個國家，撬動其他投資近400億美元進入相關基礎設施投資項目。亞投行作為多邊開發銀行有其單獨的業務標準，“一帶一路”沿線國家都可以獲得亞投行的貸款，但必須滿足三個條件：一是金融可持續發展，二是項目要環保，三是項目受到該地區民眾的歡迎。亞投行初期投資的重點領域包括能源與電力、交通和電信、農村和農業基礎設施、供水與污水處理、環境保護、城市發展以及物流等。
