China Exim Bank Has Extended Over 7 Trillion Yuan in Belt and Road Loans

The scale of China Exim's Belt and Road lending, spanning more than 130 partner countries, cements the policy bank's role as the central financing channel for Beijing's overseas infrastructure push—a position that carries weight for partner-country debt profiles and for how Chinese capital shapes project terms far from commercial lenders. The framing from a Nairobi-linked forum signals continued attention to African and emerging-market borrowers. Whether the bank's financing mix and disclosure practices evolve as Belt and Road matures is the open question worth tracking.