In this episode of CEO Perspectives, The Conference Board President and CEO Steve Odland, and Alfredo Montufar-Helu, Head of the China Center for Economics and Business at The Conference Board, discuss China's global infrastructure development strategy, the Belt and Road Initiative. Tune in to find out:

• Are China’s goals for the Belt and Road Initiative more economic or geopolitical in nature?
• Is the debt that developing economies owe to China giving them control and influence over those countries?
• How is China approaching unpaid loans?
• How has the pandemic impacted China’s rate of investment?
• Why hasn’t the project been fulfilling its potential for global economic development?
• What should western nations be doing to counter the influence that China has developed around the world?