The “Belt and Road Initiative” and China-Israeli Relations

Abstract: As a key state along China’s “land and maritime Silk Road initiative”, Israel has many important features, such as a unique geographic location, a stable political and social order, a highly developed economic system, and advanced sciences and technology. All these are of great value to China’s new Silk Road initiative and Israel can play a key role with China as a strategic partner. In the past more than 60 years, Sino-Israeli relations went through a long and twisty road. Since the establishment of diplomatic relations in 1992, the relationship between the two countries has been developing smoothly, but there is still a big margin to fill. In the new circumstance of China’s “land and maritime Silk Road initiative”, China-Israel relations can be greatly promoted through areas like infrastructure construction, people-to-people exchanges, economic and trade cooperation.