"The BRI is colossal infrastructure and connectivity initiative of the Chinese government, loosely based on two main routes: the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road. In Chinese language the initiative is called “yidai yiliu”, translated as “one belt one road”. The English name has switched from the previous One Belt One Road or OBOR to the now widely accepted BRI. The name is not the only moving piece. The BRI is fluid – a constantly evolving concept that has changed considerably since its first announcement in 2013. While large investment projects characterised the initial phase, it now focuses on high-quality development, mirroring China"s growth path from "high-speed" to "high-quality". The very nature of BRI has also evolved as well. It started as a China-driven plan to connect the Eurasian region, but the Chinese government now aims to make this a "platform", open for all countries to take part, and for all interested investors to collaborate. One challenge that many non-Chinese observers, especially in Europe and in the US, struggle with is the "vagueness" of the BRI concept. The BRI brand is broad enough to encompass many projects and ideas. While this makes the BRI flexible to evolve, it also makes it difficult to pinpoint its exact scope. What makes an infrastructure project a BRI project? And does it matter to be able to define it? To avoid potential misuse of the term, the Chinese government is moving toward developing a BRI project database..."