Thomas Michael Scott-Bell (UK)

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update:July 23,2019

Abstract on Role of Tibet in the Belt and Road Initiative

（UK) Thomas Michael Scott-Bell

This year marks the fifth anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), China’s global infrastructure project, as well as the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Agreement on Measures for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet. Since returning to China in 1959, the Tibet Autonomous Region has experienced a flourishing economy and increased quality of life for its citizens.

This article looks to explore the infrastructure projects being built to better connect Tibet with the rest of China and South East Asia, such as the Sichuan-Tibet Railway, the Trans-Himalayan Corridor, the Tibet to Kathmandu train route and the Guangdong-Tibet-Central South Asia freight train route.

It also aims to analyse how these projects are helping advance the local economy, through trade with bordering countries such as Nepal and countries along the China-Europe Freight Train route such as Russia. By speaking to government officials and local business owners, the article aims to inform the wider world on how BRI is making the Tibet Autonomous region a more prosperous and affluent society.

Thomas Michael Scott-Bell, UK

English Editor of New Media Mobile Reading

Department of China International Publishing

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