“The Belt and Road Initiative” is the abbreviation of the land-based “Silk Road Economic Belt” and the oceangoing “21st-century Maritime Silk Road” , which is a development strategy focusing on connectivity and cooperation between Eurasian countries. Deeper Asia regional economic cooperation can accelerate Asian countries collective economic growth and development. At the same time, it is of utmost importance to develop economy sustainably without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. The College of Economics at Jinan university, collaboration with Ritsumeikan University of Japan, Pusan National University of Korea, and National Institute of Development Administration of Thailand (NIDA) will host the 12th RICA conference on November 24th and 25th , 2017, at Jinan University, focusing on the Construction of “the Belt and Road Initiative”and Asia Regional Economic Cooperation: “The Belt and Road Initiative”and Asia Regional development A New Model of Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Challenges of Sustainable Development and Asian energy Chinese Economic Structural Adjustment under “New normal” We invite you to submit a research paper related to the conference theme or paper in the fields of Economics and Business to be presented and discussed in the conference.