An Analysis of Religious Extremism on the Belt and Road Initiative

China is one of the countries with the largest number of neighbors in the world, and naturally it is easy to form a complex international environment. Under the background of the belt and road initiative strategy, religious extremism has been involved and developed in various countries and regions along the belt and road initiative, among which Islamic extremism in Central Asia and West Asia is the most prominent, showing the characteristics of politics, confusion and terror, which leads to the complex international environment and uncertain influencing factors in the construction of the belt and road initiative. It further aggravates the difficulty of maintaining China s national stability and people s lives and property safety, and seriously affects China s overseas investment and interest’s maintenance. It is necessary to strengthen cooperation with countries along the belt and road initiative in related fields.