http://dx.doi.org/10.18778/8220-250-2.01 Poland on the New Silk Road Current state and perspectives Economics Poland on the New Silk Road Current state and perspectives Aleksandra Bartosiewicz Paulina Szterlik Aleksandra Bartosiewicz, Paulina Szterlik, University of Lodz, Faculty of Economics and Sociology, Institute of Logistics and Informatics, Department of Operational Research ul. Rewolucji 1905 R. nr 41/43 90-214 Łódź REVIEWER Stanisław Iwan INITIATING EDITOR Beata Koźniewska PROOFREADING Agnieszka Świderek TYPESETTING AGENT PR COVER DESIGN Michał Olewnik © Copyright by Aleksandra Bartosiewicz, Paulina Szterlik, Łódź - Kraków 2020 © Copyright for this edition by Uniwersytet Łódzki, Łódź - Kraków 2020 © Copyright for this edition by AGENT PR, Łódź - Kraków 2020 Published by Łódź University Press First edition W.09797.20.0.K e-ISBN 978-83-8220-250-2 e-ISBN AGENT PR 978-83-64462-54-2 Łódź University Press 90-131 Łódź, Lindleya 8 www.wydawnictwo.uni.lodz.pl e-mail:
[email protected] tel. (42) 665 58 63 Table of contents Introduction 7 Chapter 1 The Chinese Belt and Road Initiative 9 1.1. The Belt and Road Initiative as a global concept 9 1.2. A short history of the 17+1 idea 16 1.3. The main assumptions and goals of the undertaking 19 1.4. Sources of financing the investment projects under the Belt and Road Initiative 24 1.5. The global response to the Chinese concept 27 Chapter 2 The New Silk Road and the Sino-Polish relations 31 2.1. The Sino-Polish political relations after 1989 31 2.2.