Chapter 1 The Responses to the “Belt and Road” Initiative from Central and Eastern European Countries and the EU institutions

• Ⅰ. Various Developing Stages of China’s Policy towards CEEC: From Regional Cooperation to the Connectivity to the “Belt and Road”Initiative

• Ⅱ. The Analysis of the Responses to China’s Initiatives in Different Phases from Central and Eastern European Countries and EU Institutions

Chapter 2 European Elites’ Opinions on the “Belt and Road” Initiative: An Analysis Based on the Survey

• Ⅰ. About the Survey

• Ⅱ. European Elites’ Views on the “Belt and Road” Initiative

• Ⅲ. The Cooperation Mechanism Needed by the “Belt and Road”Initiative

• Ⅳ. Challenges and Opportunities for the “Belt and Road” Initiative

• Ⅴ. Issues and Policy Suggestions Raised by the Elites

• Ⅵ. Conclusions

Chapter 3 Risks Assessment on the Layout and Construction of the“Belt and Road” Initiative in Europe

• Ⅰ. The Development and Chanllenges of the “Silk Road Economic Belt”Construction in Europe

• Ⅱ. The Development and Challenges of the China-Europe Land-Sea Express Passage in Europe

Chapter 4 Policy Suggestions

• Ⅰ. Efforts should be made to strengthen the internal and external coordination to facilitate the building of the corridors linking the “Silk Road Economic Belt”

• Ⅱ. China should concentrate on the regions of greatest strategic importance to build them as the breakthrough of the deeper cooperation

• Ⅲ. China should establish mechanisms to unblock channels of cooperation

• Ⅳ. China should properly and wisely handle the relationship with the European Union and address the EU concerns through mutually beneficial and win-win cooperation

• Ⅴ. China should cooperate with influential sub-regional organizations in a pragmatic and flexible way, so as to lay a solid foundation for subregional cooperation under the “Belt and Road” Initiative

• Ⅵ. China should accurately interpret the essence of the “Belt and Road”Initiative and uphold its key principles

• Ⅶ. China should properly solve the regional crisis on a case-by-case basis

• Ⅷ. Chinese think tank scholars should develop abilities of detecting issues through questionnaire surveys, so as to provide intellectual support to the implementation of the “Belt and Road” Initiative

• Ⅸ. China and the CEEC should establish innovative and implementationoriented mechanisms

• Ⅹ. China should attach importance to and strengthen cooperation with the European countries, third parties, and key stakeholders

• Ⅺ. China should enhance the forward-looking research and be wellprepared theoretically for the in-depth development of the “Belt and Road” Initiative