Abstract:Based on the bilateral trade data matrix from 2012 to 2018, this research selects 43 "Belt and Road" (BRI) countries, to quantify the bias of gravitational constant bias, evolution of regional value network and the role exchanges of countries, which using the modified gravity model and social network analysis method. As a result, China, India, Russia and Indonesia have greater trade influence in the BRI network. The countries with greater regional value attraction with China are ASEAN and Russia, which are located at the BRI front end. The concentration of BRI regional value network is forming a four- geographical space by China, Russia, Poland, Hungary, while other countries tend to trade with geographically closest centers. China′s "core" and "bridge" functions are significant, and its trade attraction and network viscosity with other countries are relatively high, indicating that China has been in a strong dominant position in the value network. |