Role of Public-Private Partnership Under China's BRI Framework of Sustainable Development in Central and Eastern Europe

Abstract

This chapter aims to discuss the role of public-private partnership (PPP) under China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs) in the achievement of sustainable development goals. The purpose of this chapter is to explain more broadly major BRI-related sustainable development programs in CEE countries under the PPP model. Moreover, the neo-realist approach of study involved describing China's deeper trade and economic connectivity in this region under the BRI framework of the ‘17+1' cooperation. This chapter relies on a theoretical discussion of the soft power politics of China's successful connectivity in the CEE countries under the BRI projects. The role of the ‘17+1' framework of economic cooperation and PPP model in the infrastructural development under China's flagship economic project BRI relies on the qualitative approach to scientific study.