As the growth in China slows to a two-decade low, infrastructure development providers like cement and steel companies find the need to look beyond the borders of the country to Central Asia, Africa, and Russia. According to an article titled-'Russia and China in the age of grand Eurasian projects'-published on the Cambridge Journal of Eurasian Studies, 'The Belt and Road initiative makes this possible, since most projects associated with the initiative will be completed with China’s own contractors, labour power, and equipment.'.