One of the largest civilizational projects voiced by Xi Jinping, the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, was the idea of creating the Silk Road Economic Belt which can rightly be attributed to China's foreign policy. This doctrine was first officially introduced in 2013. Then, during his visit to Astana, the leader of the People's Republic of China proposed to create an economic zone of the Great Silk Road, making economic ties between the Eurasian countries closer. Later, the idea of a land route of the Silk Road was added to its maritime counterpart, and the overall project was named "Belt and Road Initiative". In 2017, the Belt and Road Initiative was officially included in the Chinese Constitution. Its main goal is to create and lead a new kind of globalization, attracting countries and companies into Chinese orbit and taking advantage of Chinese investment and industrial benefits.