一带一路计划在2013年首次提出，它的目标是通过一万亿美元的从中国一直延伸到欧洲的基础设施投资整合欧亚，并扩展到东南亚和东非。 它被称为中国的新马歇尔计划和大战略。
Originally announced in 2013, Xi’s plan to integrate Eurasia through a trillion dollars of investment in infrastructure stretching from China to Europe, with extensions to Southeast Asia and East Africa, has been termed China’s new Marshall Plan as well as its bid for a grand strategy.