In his written message to the High-level Video Conference on Belt and Road International Cooperation, held in Beijing on 18 June, Chinese President Xi Jinping rightly pointed out that “COVID-19 has made many things clear to us. For one thing, all nations have their destinies closely connected, and humanity is in fact a community with a shared future.” This conference is a coordinated international attempt to tame the virus through global efforts, but more importantly, to chart out a way towards economic recovery and social development under the BRI framework in the post COVID-19 era.