The book mainly looks at the Belt and Road initiative from the perspective of cooperation between China and Central and Eastern European countries and the four countries of the Visegrad Group (referring to Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary). and historical background, legal, security and environmental conditions of the “Belt and Road”, economic, financial and social dynamics of the “Belt and Road”, China-EU economic interaction and “17+1 cooperation” and case study: Czech-China economic interaction. This book covers the theoretical and historical background of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), its legal, security and environmental preconditions as well as economic, financial and social motivations, and Chinas interaction with the world economy, etc. It reviews what China has achieved in its reform and opening-up and the progress it has made in implementing the BRI with partner countries/regions, and looks into the future of the BRI.