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| Index | Measurement index data selection and units | Contribution | Data sources | Remarks |
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| C | C1 | Number of Confucius Institutes and Confucius Classrooms in Ti (unit) | Positive | Information on the Headquarters of the Confucius Institute | Confucius Institutes represent Chinese Confucian culture |
| C2 | Number of tourists from Ti to China (10,000 people) | Positive | Data of the National Bureau of Statistics of China in 2018 | The number of inbound tourists symbolizes cultural attractiveness |
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| P | P1 | Positioning of relations between China and Ti (0–9 points) | Positive | https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/web/ and http://www.mofcom.gov.cn/ | Ratings are given based on whether a bilateral relationship is established and the closeness of the relationship |
| P2 | P21 | Number of high-level interactions between China and Ti after the establishment of diplomatic ties (times) | Positive | https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/web/ | Total since establishment of diplomatic relations up to 2019 |
| P22 | Number of high-level interactions between China and Ti during the period of B&R (times) | Positive | https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/web/ | Total from 2013 to 2019 |
| P3 | Political stability (0–100 points) | Positive | World Economic Forum: “Global Competitiveness Report 2019” | Index 1.20 |
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| S | S1 | National Health (0–100 points): healthy life expectancy | Positive | World Economic Forum: “Global Competitiveness Report 2019” | Index 5.01 |
| S2 | S21 | Job security is characterized by the unemployment rate (%) | Negative | World Economic Forum: “Global Competitiveness Report 2019” | Statistics data on the unemployment rate in 2018 |
| S3 | National security (0–100 points)
Measured from four aspects: organized crime, homicide rate, terrorism incidence, and reliability of police services | Positive | World Economic Forum: “Global Competitiveness Report 2019” | Average weighting of indexes 1.01–1.04 |
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| M | M1 | Military strength (the larger the number, the stronger the strength) | Uncertain | https://www.globalfirepower.com/ | Value, which can be positive or negative, should be modified after incorporating the P1 index |
| M2 | The key nodes of the corridor are used as the score of the military port | Positive | Analysis carried out by the authors | See the corresponding explanations in Section 5.1.2 |
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| E | E1 | E11 | Labor Force size in Ti (ten thousand people) | Positive | International data from the National Bureau of Statistics of China | Use data from the most recent year of 2015 |
| E12 | Ti technology (0–100 points) | Positive | World Economic Forum: “Global Competitiveness Report 2019” | The innovation capability of index 12.0 represents the technology level of Ti |
| E13 | Ti state energy: to measure the total production of primary energy | Positive | https://cn.knoema.com | Use data in 2017 |
| E2 | E21 | Total value of import and export trade during the period of B&R (USD 100 million) | Positive | Data from the National Bureau of Statistics of China | Reflecting the economic and trade reality between China and Ti after implementing the B&R initiative |
| E3 | E31 | Total of net FDI inflows in Ti over 2014–2017 years (USD millions) | Positive | UNCTAD: “World Investment Report 2018” | Reflect expected economic growth in Ti |
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