China's Belt and Road Initiative is a project of unprecedented scale.　　Neverthelcss， know[edge about the potitico[， ocoriomir nnd rcjltural goals and opportunities are Lagging behind.　　Creating Megatrends presents the narrative of the chances and risks iChina's Belt and Road Initiative. Ithe past， Large shifts ieconomic. technological and social developments have resulted from trends and ideas beginning bottom up icities and Loca[ communities. finally forming a Megatrend. No one was icharge. China's Belt and Road Initiative goes the opposite way.　　China's Initiative offers the strategic framework of reinventing globalization， orchestrated， but Leaving space to maneuver for all p.irticipants. The underlying principal is sharing： China's owexponcnce， its economic Succoss story of developing through investments iroad.rait and port networks，and smart ec o[ogical citics. It is working with nations， involving advanced technologies， management experience. It is stabililing Volatile reqions and COuntrics by helping thcm to find their owapproach to progress and development.China's Belt and Road Initiative is a project of unprecedented scale.　　Neverthelcss， know[edge about the potitico[， ocoriomir nnd rcjltural goals and opportunities are Lagging behind.　　Creating Megatrends presents the narrative of the chances and risks iChina's Belt and Road Initiative. Ithe past， Large shifts ieconomic. technological and social developments have resulted from trends and ideas beginning bottom up icities and Loca[ communities. finally forming a Megatrend. No one was icharge. China's Belt and Road Initiative goes the opposite way.　　China's Initiative offers the strategic framework of reinventing globalization， orchestrated， but Leaving space to maneuver for all p.irticipants. The underlying principal is sharing： China's owexponcnce， its economic Succoss story of developing through investments iroad.rait and port networks，and smart ec o[ogical citics. It is working with nations， involving advanced technologies， management experience. It is stabililing Volatile reqions and COuntrics by helping thcm to find their owapproach to progress and development.　　Belt and Road Initiative is creating the infrastructure and connectivity needed to Link communities and create and Leverage oeconomic opportunities for state and private investment， entrepreneurs and workmen. At the same time， involving smart infrastructure， cleaenergy and ecological cities， the Initiative calls for protectioof environment and heritage as part of a cultural exchange.　　These high set goals cannot be reach without creating a new and solid foundatioaside of the o[d BrettoWoods System. Belt and Road Initiative is developing a new model of global governance， a new financiaL architecture， new financial institutions and multilateral development banks.　　More tha60 percent of the world's populatioimore thaa hundred nations are involved. Crpating Megatrends highlights the opportunities， challenges and risks th：s grand and experimontal project is facing.