The projects under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) are mainly related to infrastructure development in the transport, energy, mining, IT and communications sector but also cover industrial parks, Special Economic Zones (SEZ), tourism and urban development. Many of the BRI branded projects have already been started before 2013 but gained momentum under the Initiative.
Picture Credit: Khorgos Gateway
Listed and shown below are projects that have a direct or indirect relation to the Belt and Road Initiative. This may include projects, which are financed by BRI funding mechanisms or are officially branded under the Belt and Road Initiative. Sources for the selection of projects are official project websites or project-related documents.
The listed projects are in preparation, under construction, in operation or were initiated under BRI but later have been discontinued. The list has no claim to completeness and is constantly being updated and supplemented.
Belt and Road Projects (selection)
| Project | Country | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Padma Rail Link | Bangladesh | Transport |
| Lower Sesan Two Hydropower Dam | Cambodia | Energy |
| Central Asia–China gas pipeline | Multiple | Energy |
| Doraleh Multi-Purpose Port | Djibouti | Tranport |
| Europe-China – Rail Link I & II | Multiple | Transport |
| Khorgos Gateway Dry Port | Kasakhstan | Transport |
| Mombasa Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway SGR | Kenya | Transport |
| Forest City | Malaysia | Urban |
| Melaka Gateway | Malaysia | Urban |
| Pakistan-China – Fiber Optic Project | Multiple | ICT |
| Diamer-Bhasha Dam | Pakistan | Energy |
| Gwadar Port | Pakistan | Transport |
| Engro That Block II Power Plant | Pakistan | Energy |
| Belgrade-Montenegro Bar Port Motorway | Serbia | Transport |
| Sino-Thai – High-Speed Railway | Multiple | Transport |
| Colombo South Harbour | Sri Lanka | Transport |
| Port City Colombo | Sri Lanka | Urban |
| Hambantota Port | Sri Lanka | Transport |
| Single Gauge Trans-Asian Railway | Multiple | Transport |
| Karuma Hydropower Project | Uganda | Energy |
| Pap Angren Railway | Uzbekistan | Transport |
| Budapest–Belgrade Railway | Multiple | Transport |
| Yamal LNG Project | Russia | Energy |
| Tehran-Mashhad Railway | Iran | Transport |
| Lagos-Calabar Railway | Nigeria | Transport |
| Lagos-Kano Railway | Nigeria | Transport |
| Chad-Cameroon & Chad-Sudan Railway | Chad | Transport |
| Abuja Rail Mass Transit Phase II | Nigeria | Transport |
| Addis Ababa Light Rail | Ethopia | Transport |
| Benguela Railway | Angola | Transport |
| Abuja-Kaduna Railway | Nigeria | Transport |
| Khartoum-Port Sudan Railway | Sudan | Transport |
| Djibouti-Ethiopia Railway | Multiple | Transport |
| Vientane-Boten Railway | Laos | Transport |
| Savannakhet-Lao Bao Railway | Laos | Transport |
| Bangkok-Nong Khai Railway | Thailand | Transport |
| Bangkok-Chiang Mai Railway | Thailand | Transport |
| Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail | Multiple | Transport |
| Jakarta-Bandung Railway | Indonesia | Transport |
| East Coast Railway | Malaysia | Transport |
| Gemas-Johor Bahru Railway | Malaysia | Transport |
| Dawei Port | Myanmar | Transport |
| Gujarat Rural Roads (MMGSY) Project | India | Transport |
| Nurek Hydropower Rehabilitation Project, Phase I | Tajikistan | Energy |
| Batumi Bypass Road Project | Georgia | Transport |
| Natural Gas Project | Bangladesh | Energy |
| Trans Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline Project | Azerbaijan | Energy |
| Duqm Port Commercial Terminal and Operational Zone | Oman | Transport |
| Tarbela 5 Hydropower Extension Project | Pakistan | Energy |
| M4 Motorway | Pakistan | Transport |
| Dushanbe-Uzbekistan Border Road Improvement | Tajikistan | Transport |
| Nenskra Hydropower Plant | Georgia | Energy |
| Amaravati Sustainable Capital City | India | Urban |
| Madhya Pradesh Rural Connectivity Project | India | Transport |
| Mumbai Metro Line 4 | India | Transport |
| Gulshat 40 MW PV Solar Power Plant | Kazakhstan | Energy |
| Sahiwal 2x660MW Coal-fired Power Plant | Pakistan | Energy |
| Hydro China Dawood 50MW Wind Farm | Pakistan | Energy |
| UEP 100MW Wind Farm | Pakistan | Energy |
| Sachal 50MW Wind Farm | Pakistan | Energy |
| Thar Mine Mouth Oracle Power Plant | Pakistan | Energy |
| Peshawar-Karachi Motorway | Pakistan | Transport |
| Havelian Dry Port | Pakistan | Transport |
| Gwadar International Airport | Pakistan | Transport |
| Myitsone Dam | Myanmar | Energy |
| Balloki Power Plant | Pakistan | Energy |
| Gadani Power Project | Pakistan | Energy |
| Hakla–Dera Ismail Khan Motorway | Pakistan | Transport |
| Khunjerab Railway | Pakistan | Transport |
| M5 Motorway | Pakistan | Transport |
| M8 Motorway | Pakistan | Transport |
| Matiari–Lahore Transmission Line | Pakistan | Energy |
| Orange Line Lahore Metro | Pakistan | Transport |
| Pak-China Technical and Vocational Institute | Pakistan | Education |
| Pakistan Port Qasim Power Project | Pakistan | Energy |
| Quaid-e-Azam Solar Park | Pakistan | Energy |
| Karakoram Highway | Pakistan | Transport |
| Sahiwal Coal Power Project | Pakistan | Energy |
| Suki Kinari Hydropower Project | Pakistan | Energy |
| Nigcomsat Satellites | Nigeria | Space |
| MNC Lido City | Indonesia | Tourism |
| Harare Airport Expansion | Zimbabwe | Transport |
| Gilgit KIU Hydropower | Pakistan | Energy |
| Cacho 50MW Wind Power Project | Pakistan | Energy |
| Rahimyar Khan Power Plant | Pakistan | Energy |
| Kohala Hydel Project | Pakistan | Energy |
| Phandar Hydropower Station | Pakistan | Energy |
| Karachi Circular Railway | Pakistan | Transport |
| Greater Peshawar Mass Transit | Pakistan | Transport |
| Quetta Mass Transit | Pakistan | Transport |
| Keti BUnder Sea Port Project | Pakistan | Transport |
| Rashakai Economic Zone | Pakistan | SEZ |
| China Special Economic Zone Dhabeji | Pakistan | SEZ |
| Bostan Industrial Zone | Pakistan | SEZ |
| Allama Iqbal Industrial City | Pakistan | SEZ |
| ICT Model Industrial Zone | Pakistan | SEZ |
| Mirpur Special Economic Zone | Pakistan | SEZ |
| Mohmand Marble City | Pakistan | SEZ |
| Moqpondass Special Economic Zone | Pakistan | SEZ |
| Bar-Boljare Motorway (Section of European Motorway XI) | Montenegro | Transport |
| Haifa Port | Israel | Transport |
| Port of Piraeus | Greece | Transport |
| Kumport Terminal | Turkey | Transport |
| Suez Canal Economic Zone | Egypt | SEZ |
| Kyaukpyu Deep Sea Tanker Port | Myanmar | Transport |
| Kyaukpyu Special Economic Zone | Myanmar | Transport |
| Port Aktau | Kazakhstan | Transport |
| “Khorgos – Eastern Gate” | Kazakhstan | SEZ |
| Khalifa Port Terminal 2 | UAE | Transport |
| Greater Peshawar Region Mass Transit | Pakistan | Transport |
| Dhaka-Chattogram Rail Route | Bangladesh | Transport |
| Kuala Tanjung Port | Indonesia | Transport |
| Kayan River Hydropower Plant | Indonesia | Energy |
| Lake Toba Tourism District | Indonesia | Urban |
| International Airport Lembeh | Indonesia | Transport |
| Dammam Riyadh Freight Line | Saudi Arabia | Transport |
| Hassyan Clean Coal Project, Dubai | UAE | Energy |
| Muse-Mandalay Railway | Myanmar | Transport |
