In 2014,China launched the so-called‘Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road Initiative’(officially abbreviated as Belt and Road Initiative,or B&R)to promote economic and infrastructure cooperation in Asia and East Europe.Besides promising billions of dollars’investment and financial aid,China has also vowed to increase science and technology(S&T)collaboration with countries covered In 2014, China launched the so-called ’Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road Initiative’ (officially abbreviated as Belt and Road Initiative, or B & R) to promote economic and infrastructure cooperation in Asia and East Europe. billions of dollars’investment and financial aid, China has also vowed to increase science and technology (S & T) collaboration with countries covered