THE MAIN STAGES AND DIRECTIONS OF THE PROJECT "ECONOMIC BELT OF THE SILK ROAD"

President Xi Jinping first proposed the strategy of the Silk Road Economic Belt on 9 th , 2013, when he visited Kazakhstan and made a speech at Nazarbayev University. The paper analyzes the concept, the strategic sig- nificance and development patterns of Silk Road Economic Belt, then gives the analysis results. There are three phase objectives: realizing the economic integration of China, Central Asia and Russia; developing the basic framework of Eurasian economic integration and forming the strategic platform of global economy. The concept can be divided into initial stage, expanded stage, polishing stage and will be advanced step by step orderly