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MA XUEJING/CHINA DAILY The Belt and Road Initiative has successfully created a new infrastructure and economic network between China and its partners, including those in West Asia. China has established strategic partnerships in several fields with many West Asian countries, including exploration projects and physical and digital infrastructure development. This is evidenced by the efforts of West Asian countries to sign many agreements and memorandums under the framework of the BRI.The objective is for the West Asian region and China to gain mutual benefits and for West Asia to become an important regional and global strategic, logistics and economic center. In addition, another proof of China's influence is the entry of several West Asian countries, such as Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain, into the Shanghai Cooperation Organization as dialogue partners which is part of China's efforts to strengthen cooperation with the West Asian region.