Table of Contents

Introduction: Green Finance, Sustainable Development, and the Belt and Road Initiative Section 1. BRI and National Competitiveness 1. Development in the Belt and Road Regions from a Competitiveness Perspective: The First Lustrum Review Section 2. Renminbi Internationalization and Green Finance 2. The Belt and Road Initiative and China's Green Foreign Direct Investment 3. Sustainability of RMB Internationalization 4. China’s Rising Consumerism and RMB Internationalization and Sustainable Growth 5. Understanding Green Bond Challenges: A Stakeholder’s Perspective Section 3. Green Energy, Technology and Manufacturing 6. Advancement of Environmental Sustainability through LNG: the Case of Qatar–China Relations 7. Technological Assessment of CO2 Capture and EOR/EGR/ECBM-based Storage 8. Meeting the Green Challenges and Opportunities of Hong Kong Manufacturers in China’s Belt and Road Pathway: Experiences from the Pearl River Delta Section 4. Green Development and Public-Private Partnership 9. Greening China’s Belt and Road: A Role for Chinese NGOs to Go Global? 10. High Hanging Fruits and the Belt and Road Initiative: sustainability through entrepreneurship 11.An Integrated Approach to Sustainable Infrastructure Standards for the Belt and Road Initiative

About the Author

Fanny M. Cheung is former Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Choh-Ming Li Professor of Psychology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Senior Advisor of Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies and Co-Convenor of the Global China Research Programme at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Ying-yi Hong is the Choh-Ming Li Professor of Management at the Faculty of Business, Associate Director of Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies and Co- Convenor of the Global China Research Programme at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.