Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

Headquarters in Beijing
Abbreviation	AIIB
Formation	16 January 2016; 8 years ago (2016-01-16)
Type	International financial institution
Legal status	Treaty
Purpose	Crediting
Headquarters	Beijing, China
Region served	Worldwide, with a focus on Asia, Africa and Oceania
Membership	110 member states[1]
Official language	English[2] (lingua franca)
Key people	Jin Liqun[3] (President)
Main organ	Board of Governors Board of Directors
Website	aiib.org

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is a multilateral development bank and international financial institution that aims to collectively improve economic and social outcomes in Asia.^[4] It is the world's second largest multi-lateral development institution.^[5] Headquartered in Beijing, China, the bank currently has 110 members, including 12 prospective members from around the world.^[1] The breakdown of the 110 members by continents are as follows: 42 in Asia, 26 in Europe, 22 in Africa, 10 in Oceania, 8 in South America, and 2 in North America. The bank started operation after the agreement entered into force on 25 December 2015, after ratifications were received from 10 member states holding a total number of 50% of the initial subscriptions of the Authorized Capital Stock.^[6]

The United Nations has addressed the launch of AIIB as having potential for "scaling up financing for sustainable development"^[7] and to improve the global economic governance.^[8] The starting capital of the bank was US$100 billion, equivalent to 2⁄3 of the capital of the Asian Development Bank and about half that of the World Bank.^[9] The bank was first proposed by China in 2013^[10] and the initiative was launched at a ceremony in Beijing in October 2014.^[11] It has since received the highest credit ratings from the three biggest rating agencies in the world, and has been seen since its inception as a potential rival or an alternative to the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).^[12][13]

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The proposal for the creation of an "Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank" was first made by the Vice Chairman of the China Center for International Economic Exchanges, a Chinese government think tank, at the Bo'ao Forum in April 2009. The initial context was to make better use of Chinese foreign currency reserves in the wake of the global financial crisis.^[14]

The initiative was officially launched by General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Xi Jinping on a state visit to Indonesia in October 2013.^[15] The Chinese government has been frustrated with what it regards as the slow pace of reforms and governance, and wants greater input in global established institutions like the IMF, World Bank and Asian Development Bank which it claims are heavily dominated by American, European and Japanese interests.^[16]

At inception, the AIIB was explicitly linked to China's Belt and Road Initiative.^[17]: 166 The AIIB was subsequently broadened to include investments with states that are not involved with the BRI and its mission characterized more generally as building "infrastructure for tomorrow," with a focus on green infrastructure and connectivity.^[17]: 166

In April 2014, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang delivered a keynote speech at the opening of the Boao Forum for Asia and said that China was ready to intensify consultations with relevant parties in and outside Asia on the preparations for the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.^[18][19]

The Asian Development Bank Institute published a report in 2010 which said that the region requires $8 trillion to be invested from 2010 to 2020 in infrastructure for the region to continue economic development.^[16][20] In a 2014 editorial, The Guardian newspaper wrote that the new bank could allow Chinese capital to finance these projects and allow it a greater role to play in the economic development of the region commensurate with its growing economic and political clout.^[21] But until March 2015, China in the ADB has only 5.47 percent voting right, while Japan and US have a combined 26 percent voting right (13 percent each) with a share in subscribed capital of 15.7 percent and 15.6 percent, respectively. Dominance by both countries and slow reforms underlie China's wish to establish the AIIB, while both countries worry about China's increasing influence.^[22]

In June 2014 China proposed doubling the registered capital of the bank from $50 billion to $100 billion and invited India to participate in the founding of the bank.^[23][24] Thank was founded in Beijjing in October 2014.^[25]: 221 On 24 October 2014, twenty-one countries signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) regarding the AIIB in Beijing, China: Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, India, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Mongolia, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Uzbekistan and Vietnam.^[26] Indonesia's joining was slightly delayed due to their new presidential administration not being able to review the membership in time. Indonesia signed the MOU on 25 November 2014.^[27]

The U.S. allegedly tried to keep Australia and South Korea from becoming prospective founding members, after they expressed an interest in it.^[28] However, both Australia and South Korea applied to join the bank in March 2015.^{[29][30][31][32]}

Hong Kong's Financial Secretary John Tsang announced in his budget speech in February 2015 that the territory would join the AIIB.^[33] It did however not become one of the prospective founding members and negotiated as part of the Chinese delegation.

In early March 2015, the United Kingdom's Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, announced that the UK had decided to apply to join the Bank, becoming the third Western country to do so after Luxembourg and New Zealand.^[34] The announcement was criticised by the U.S. Obama Administration. A US government official told Financial Times, "We are wary about a trend toward constant accommodation of China, which is not the best way to engage a rising power." The official further stated that the British decision was taken after "no consultation with the US."^[35] In response, the UK indicated that the subject had been discussed between Chancellor Osborne and US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew for several months preceding the decision. It was further stated that joining the bank as a founding member would allow the UK to influence the development of the institution. By encouraging Chinese investments in the next generations of nuclear power plants, Osborne announced that "the City of London would become the base for the first clearing house for the yuan outside Asia."^[36]

Following the criticism, the White House National Security Council, in a statement to The Guardian, declared,

Our position on the AIIB remains clear and consistent. The United States and many major global economies all agree there is a pressing need to enhance infrastructure investment around the world. We believe any new multilateral institution should incorporate the high standards of the World Bank and the regional development banks. Based on many discussions, we have concerns about whether the AIIB will meet these high standards, particularly related to governance, and environmental and social safeguards [...] The international community has a stake in seeing the AIIB complement the existing architecture, and to work effectively alongside the World Bank and Asian Development Bank.^[37]

After the UK's decision to join the AIIB, a surge of new applications followed, including several other European states – including Germany, France and Italy – with a total number reaching 53 by the end of March.^[38][39] German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble stated, "We want to contribute our long-standing experience with international financial institutions to the creation of the new bank by setting high standards and helping the bank to get a high international reputation."^[40] In March 2015, the South Korean Ministry of Strategy and Finance announced that it, too, is planning to join the AIIB, citing its potential in helping South Korean companies win deals in infrastructural projects as well expanding South Korea's influence in international banking as a founding member.^[41] States could indicate their interest in becoming a Prospective Founding Member until 31 March 2015.

Negotiations took place in the framework of five Chief Negotiators Meetings (CNMs) which took place between November 2014 and May 2015. The Articles of Agreement, the legal framework of the bank, were concluded in the fifth CNM. It was signed on 29 June 2015 by 50 of the named 57 prospective founding members in Beijing, while the other seven signed later.

On 25 December 2015, the Articles of Agreement entered into force. On 16 January 2016, the board of governors of the bank convened its inaugural meeting in Beijing and declared the bank open for business. Jin Liqun was elected as the bank's president for a five-year term. 17 states (Australia, Austria, Brunei, China, Georgia, Germany, Jordan, Luxembourg, Mongolia, Myanmar, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Singapore, South Korea and the United Kingdom) together holding 50.1% of the initial subscriptions of Authorized Capital Stock, had deposited the instrument of ratification for the agreement, triggering entry into force, and making them all founding members^[42] and bringing the Articles of Agreement, the bank's charter, into force. 35 other states followed later, taking the amount of Authorized Capital Stock held by the 29 members of the bank to 74%.

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank can be construed as a natural inter-national extension of the infrastructure-driven economic development framework that has sustained the rapid economic growth of China since the adoption of the Chinese economic reform under Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping. It stems from the notion that long-term economic growth can only be achieved through systematic, and broad-based investments in infrastructure assets – in contrast with the more short-term "export-driven" and "domestic consumption" development models favored by mainstream Western Neoclassical economists and pursued by many developing countries in the 1990s and the first decade of the 21st century with generally disappointing results.^[43][44]

In his 29 March 2015 speech at the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) annual conference, Xi Jinping said:

[T]he Chinese economy is deeply integrated with the global economy and forms an important driving force of the economy of Asia and even the world at large. […] China's investment opportunities are expanding. Investment opportunities in infrastructure connectivity as well as in new technologies, new products, new business patterns, and new business models are constantly springing up. […] China's foreign cooperation opportunities are expanding. We support the multilateral trading system, devote ourselves to the Doha Round negotiations, advocate the Asia-Pacific free trade zone, promote negotiations on regional comprehensive economic partnership, advocate the construction of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), boost economic and financial cooperation in an all-round manner, and work as an active promoter of economic globalization and regional integration.^[18]

Xi insisted also that the Silk Road Fund and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank would foster "economic connectivity and a new-type of industrialization [in the Asia Pacific area], and [thus] promote the common development of all countries as well as the peoples' joint enjoyment of development fruits."^[18][45]

Academic Suisheng Zhao writes that China's launching of the AIIB was intended by China to reduce tensions caused by the United States' efforts to delay reform of the Bretton Woods system, intended to provide international public goods, and intended to provide China with increased participation in international rule-making.^[46]

Articles of Agreement of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

Prospective members (regional)   Members (regional)   Prospective members (non-regional)   Members (non-regional)
Signed	29 June 2015
Location	Beijing, China
Effective	25 December 2015
Condition	Ratification by 10 states, comprising 50% of initial subscriptions of capital stock[2]
Signatories	57
Parties	72 (96% of initial subscriptions of capital stock)[47]
Depositary	Government of the People's Republic of China[2]
Languages	Chinese, English (used in disputes) and French[2]

The Articles of Agreement form the legal basis for the Bank. 57 Prospective Founding Members (PFM) named in annex A of the agreement are eligible to sign and ratify the Articles, thus becoming a member of the Bank. Other states, which are parties to the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development or the Asian Development Bank may become members after approval of their accession by the bank.^[6]

The Articles were negotiated by the Prospective Founding Members, with Hong Kong joining the negotiations via China.^[48][49]

The 57 Prospective Founding Members can become Founding Members through:

• Signing the Articles of Agreement in 2015
• Ratifying the Articles of Agreement in 2015 or 2016

All Prospective Founding Members have signed the Articles, 52 of which have ratified them, comprising 92% of the shares of all PFM. The formal actions towards becoming a Founding Member are shown below, as well as the percentage of the votes and of the shares, in the event all prospective founding states become parties, and no other members are accepted.

In March 2017, 13 other states were granted prospective membership: 5 regional (Afghanistan, Armenia, Fiji, Timor Leste and Hong Kong, China) and 8 non-regional: Belgium, Canada, Ethiopia, Hungary, Ireland, Peru, Sudan and Venezuela. In May 2017, 7 states were granted prospective membership: 3 regional (Bahrain, Cyprus, Samoa) and 4 non-regional (Bolivia, Chile, Greece, Romania). In June 2017, 3 other states were granted prospective membership: 1 regional (Tonga) and 2 non-regional (Argentina, Madagascar).^[50] In 2018, 7 other states were granted prospective membership: 1 regional (Lebanon) and 6 non-regional (Algeria, Ghana, Libya, Morocco, Serbia, Togo).^[51][52] In 2019, 9 other states were granted prospective membership: 9 non-regional (Djibouti, Rwanda, Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Tunisia, Uruguay, Croatia, Senegal).^[53] In 2020, Liberia were granted prospective membership. In 2021, 2 states were granted prospective membership:1 regional (Iraq) and 1 non-regional (Nigeria). In 2023, 4 states were granted prospective membership: 4 non-regional (Mauritania, El Salvador, Solomon Islands, Tanzania).^[4] They become members after finishing their domestic procedures. As of 31 October 2024, the total number of countries approved for membership of AIIB is 110 (Regional Members: 48, Non-Regional Members: 50, Prospective Members: 12).^[54] Countries holding at least 2.0% of either the total subscriptions or voting powers are in bold.

Members

Country / Region	Total Subscriptions (Amount of Shares in millions USD)	Voting Power (Number of Votes)
Afghanistan	86.6	1,903
Algeria	5.0	1,433
Argentina	5.0	1,433
Australia	3,691.2	38,895
Austria	500.8	6,991
Azerbaijan	254.1	4,524
Bahrain	103.6	2,419
Bangladesh[a]	660.5	8,588
Belarus	64.1	2,024
Belgium	284.6	4,229
Benin	5.0	1,433
Brazil[55]	5.0	2,033
Brunei[a]	52.4	2,507
Cambodia[a]	62.3	2,606
Canada[b]	995.4	9,346
Chile	10.0	1,483
China[a]	29,780.4	299,787
Cook Islands	0.5	1,388
Côte d'Ivoire	5.0	1,424
Croatia	5.0	1,433
Cyprus	20.0	1,583
Denmark	369.5	5,678
Djibouti	0.5	1,388
Ecuador	5.0	1,433
Egypt	650.5	8,488
Ethiopia	45.8	1,841
Fiji	12.5	1,508
Finland	310.3	5,086
France	3,375.6	35,739
Georgia	53.9	2,522
Germany	4,484.2	46,825
Ghana	5.0	1,403
Greece	10.0	1,483
Guinea	5.0	1,403
Hong Kong	765.1	9,034
Hungary	100.0	2,383
Iceland	17.6	2,159
India[a]	8,367.3	85,656
Indonesia[a]	3,360.7	35,590
Iran	1,580.8	11,468
Iraq	25.0	1,633
Ireland	131.3	2,696
Israel	749.9	9,482
Italy	2,571.8	27,701
Jordan	119.2	3,175
Kazakhstan[a]	729.3	9,276
Kenya	5.0	1,433
South Korea	3,738.7	39,370
Kyrgyzstan	26.8	2,251
Laos[a]	43.0	2,413
Liberia	5.0	1,413
Libya	52.6	1,909
Luxembourg	69.7	2,680
Madagascar	5.0	1,433
Malaysia	109.5	3,078
Maldives	7.2	2,055
Malta	13.6	2,119
Mongolia[a]	41.1	2,394
Morocco	5.0	1,433
Myanmar[a]	264.5	3,834
Nepal[a]	80.9	2,792
Netherlands	1,031.3	12,296
New Zealand	461.5	6,598
Norway	550.6	7,489
Oman[a]	259.2	4,575
Pakistan[a]	1,034.1	12,324
Papua New Guinea	5.0	1,433
Peru	154.6	2,929
Philippines	979.1	11,774
Poland	831.8	10,301
Portugal	65.0	2,633
Qatar[a]	604.4	8,027
Romania	153.0	2,913
Russia	6,536.2	67,345
Rwanda	5.0	1,433
Samoa[a]	2.1	1,404
Saudi Arabia	2,544.6	27,429
Serbia	5.0	1,433
Singapore[a]	250.0	4,483
South Africa	5.0	2,033
Spain	1,761.5	19,598
Sri Lanka[a]	269.0	4,673
Sudan	59.0	1,505
Sweden	630.0	8,283
Switzerland	706.4	9,047
Tajikistan	30.9	2,292
Thailand	1,427.5	16,258
Timor-Leste	16.0	1,543
Togo	5.0	1,433
Tonga[a]	1.2	1,395
Tunisia	5.0	1,433
Turkey	2,609.9	28,082
United Arab Emirates	1,185.7	13,840
United Kingdom	3,054.7	32,530
Uruguay	5.0	1,433
Uzbekistan[a]	219.8	4,181
Vanuatu[a]	0.5	1,388
Vietnam[a]	663.3	8,616
Unallocated Shares	2,962.2
Grand Total	100,000.0	1,129,501

Prospective Members

Country / Region	Prospective Founding Member status	Signature (Articles)[47]	Ratification or Acceptance (Articles)[47]	Total Subscriptions (Amount of Shares in millions USD)	Voting Power (Number of Votes)
Armenia
Bolivia				26.1	1,911
El Salvador
Kuwait	24 October 2014	4 December 2015		536.0
Lebanon
Mauritania
Nauru
Nigeria
Senegal
Solomon Islands
Tanzania
Venezuela				209.0	3,740

The Articles of Agreement provide for non-sovereign entities to become members of the bank. In addition to the requirements for sovereign states, the membership of dependent territories must be supported by the state responsible for its external relations.

The Czech Republic,^[56] Nigeria, Iraq,^[57] Colombia,^[58] Ukraine are considering joining the AIIB as members. Mexico, Japan and the United States have no immediate intention to participate. Taiwan's request to become a Prospective Founding Member was rejected by China as it does not consider the former to be a sovereign state.^[59]

 Taiwan

• Taiwan applied for PFM to join the AIIB via Taiwan Affairs Office on 31 March 2015, possibly under the name "Chinese Taipei",^[60][61] but was rejected by the Multilateral Interim Secretariat of the AIIB on 13 April, without any reason stated. However, mainland China claims that there is the possibility for Taiwan to obtain membership at a later date.^[59] Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said that Taiwan should avoid creating a "two Chinas" or "one China, one Taiwan" situation.^[62] ROC Finance Minister Chang Sheng-ford announced in April 2016 that Taiwan was not being treated with "dignity" or "respect" during the registration process and Taiwan eventually chose to leave the decision to join to the new president.^[63]

United States – No commitment

• The United States' officials have expressed concerns about whether the AIIB would have high standards of governance, and whether it would have environmental and social safeguards.^[64] The United States is reported to have used diplomatic pressure to try and prevent key allies, such as Australia, from joining the bank,^[65] and expressed disappointment when others, such as Britain, joined.^[66][64] The US' opposition to the AIIB, as well as its attempt to dissuade allies from joining was seen as a manifestation of a multifaceted containment strategy.^[67]

Japan – "Under Consideration" / No commitment

• Masato Kitera, Tokyo's envoy in Beijing, stated previously that Japan might join the AIIB.^[68] Japanese Finance Minister Tarō Asō previously indicated interest in joining the AIIB, but later switched his stance. Yoshihide Suga, Japan's Cabinet Secretary, told the public that Japan was still seeking China's full explanation of the AIIB as he stated, "As of today, Japan will not join AIIB and a clear explanation has not been received from China" and "Japan is dubious about whether (the AIIB) would be properly governed or whether it would damage other creditors". He also stated that Japan is no longer considering whether or not to join the bank. The Japanese Government Spokesman also announced that Japan would not join the AIIB. Japanese prime minister Shinzō Abe also added that Japan does not need to join the bank.^[69] But two years later, in May 2017, Shinzō Abe said joining the AIIB, created in part to fund the initiative, could be an option if governance questions were resolved.^[70] Toshihiro Nikai, secretary-general of the ruling party Liberal Democratic Party, suggested joining the AIIB.^[71]

The Authorized Capital Stock of the bank is $100 billion (US dollars), divided into 1 million shares of $100,000 each.^[72]: 222 Twenty percent are paid-in shares (and thus have to be transferred to the bank), and 80% are callable shares.^[2] The allocated shares are based on the size of each member country's economy (calculated using GDP Nominal (60%) and GDP PPP (40%)) and whether they are an Asian or Non-Asian Member. The total number of shares will determine the fraction of authorized capital in the bank.^{[6][73][74][75]} Of the prospective founding members, three states decided not to subscribe to all allocated shares: Malaysia, Portugal, and Singapore,^[76] resulting in 98% of available shares being subscribed.^[2]

Three categories of votes exist: basic votes, share votes and Founding Member votes. The basic votes are equal for all members and constitute 12% of the total votes, while the share votes are equal to the number of shares. Each Founding Member furthermore gets 600 votes. An overview of the shares, assuming when all 57 Prospective Founding Members have become Founding Members is shown below (values in bold do not depend on the number of members):^[77]

The bank's governance structure is composed of the Board of Governors^[78] as the top-level and highest decision-making body.^[79] It is composed of 1 governor for each member state of the bank and in principle meets once a year.^[79] The board of directors, composed of 12 governors, each representing one or more member is responsible for daily operations and tasks delegated to it by the board of governors. Nine of those members are from within the Asia-Pacific region and three representing members outside the region.^[79]

Of the non-regional directors, 1 constituency is made up of EU member states having the Euro as their currency, and 1 from other European countries.^[80]

New members are considered for admission only once a year. An overview of the constituencies is shown below:^[81]

Country of Director	Countries of Alternates	Countries of Advisors	Other Constituencies
Saudi Arabia	Qatar  United Arab Emirates	Bahrain  Jordan  Oman Saudi Arabia	Iraq
Turkey	Azerbaijan Turkey	Brunei  Georgia  Pakistan	Kyrgyzstan
Thailand	Bangladesh  Philippines	Malaysia  Maldives    Nepal
Russia	Iran	Russia Russia	Belarus  Kazakhstan
China	China	China China  Hong Kong
Egypt		Algeria  Brazil Egypt  Sudan	Argentina  Benin  Chile  Ethiopia  Liberia  Libya  Morocco  Peru  South Africa  Togo  Tunisia  Uruguay
New Zealand	Australia	New Zealand  Singapore  Vietnam	Cook Islands
United Kingdom	Sweden   Switzerland	Denmark  Hungary  Norway  Poland  Romania United Kingdom	Iceland  Serbia
Netherlands	Italy	Austria  Belgium  Croatia  Cyprus  Finland  France  Greece  Ireland  Luxembourg Netherlands  Portugal  Spain	Germany  Malta
India	India	India India
Indonesia	Cambodia  Sri Lanka	Indonesia  Laos	Timor-Leste
South Korea	Fiji  Israel	South Korea  Mongolia  Samoa  Uzbekistan	Tonga
Unallocated:  Afghanistan  Canada  Côte d'Ivoire  Djibouti  Ecuador  Ghana  Guinea  Kenya  Madagascar  Myanmar  Papua New Guinea  Rwanda  Tajikistan  Vanuatu

Senior Management of AIIB
Country		Name	Position in AIIB
	China	Jin Liqun	President
	South Korea	Hun Kim	Acting Vice President and Director General
	Russia	Konstantin Limitovskiy	Vice President, Investment Operations (Region 2)
	India	Rajat Misral	Vice President, Investment Operations (Region 1)
	Germany	Ludger Schuknecht	Vice President and Corporate Secretary
	Indonesia	Luky Eko Wuryanto	Vice President and Chief Administration Officer
	China	Quan Zheng	Acting Vice President, Policy and Strategy
	Sweden	Erik Berglof	Chief Economist
	France	Antoine Castel	Chief Risk Officer
	New Zealand	Andrew Cross	Chief Financial Officer
	Brazil	Alberto Ninio	General Counsel

The former President of the World Bank, Jim Yong Kim, has said that the need for infrastructure in developing countries is great so that the activities of new organizations would be welcome.^[82] The World Bank, IMF, and Asian Development bank have all cooperated with the AIIB as a compliment to the Bretton Woods institutions and which further increases overall capacity for development funds.^[83]

Economist C. Fred Bergsten describes the AIIB as "helping meet a clear need for more infrastructure funding throughout Asia (and elsewhere)."^[84] He concludes that the AIIB "has adhered to internationally agreed norms and best practices, and is innovating some of its own."^[84] Additionally, Bergsten writes that China's role in the AIIB "has clearly met the U.S. request for China to function as a 'responsible stakeholder' in the world economy."^[84]

There is no consensus in the United States about the role of the AIIB. John Ikenberry sees the AIIB as part of "China's emerging institutional statecraft,"^[85] but argues that it is not clear whether the institution will tie China more deeply into the existing order or become a vehicle to challenge the order. Phillip Lipscy (Stanford University) argues that the United States and Japan should support the AIIB to encourage China's peaceful global leadership and discourage China from pursuing coercive or military options.^[86] On the other hand, Paola Subacchi (Chatham House) argues that the AIIB represents a threat to US-dominated global governance.^[87]

Think-tanks such as Chatham House, the China Studies Centre at the University of Sydney and the World Pensions Council (WPC) have argued that the successful establishment of a new supranational financial powerhouse headquartered in PRC would be facilitated by the large number of participating developed economies.^[88][89] These experts observe that the establishment of the Beijing-based AIIB does not necessitate rivalry, when economic cooperation is possible,^[88] and that the decision by the UK to participate advances its own interests even if some of its allies are opposed.^[89]

Although the proposed bank declared "AIIB will learn from the best practice in the world and adopt international standards of environmental protection," Oxford scholar of economics and energy policy Yuge Ma has argued that this may be complicated in developing Asian countries.^[90]

In June 2023, Bob Pickard, a Canadian national and the global communications director and official spokesperson of AIIB resigned,^[91] and fled from China.^[92] Pickard said that the AIIB was dominated by Chinese Communist Party (CCP) members who operate as an in-house secret police. He also claimed that all information going to AIIB's president, Jin Liqun, was filtered through those CCP officials, whose offices were the closest to Jin. Pickard went on to state that the AIIB has one of the most toxic cultures imaginable.^{[93][94][95][96]} Later the same day, Chrystia Freeland, the Deputy Prime Minister of Canada and Finance Minister announced that Canada is freezing ties with the AIIB while carrying out an investigation of the allegations and Canada's involvement in the AIIB.^[97] In the following day, the AIIB launched an internal investigation and welcomed the Canadian review, but called the allegation "baseless."^[98] In December 2023, the Canadian Finance Ministry announced that it would be expanding its investigation to include "an analysis of AIIB investments, its governance and management frameworks, as well as an examination of whether its environmental and social governance safeguards are effective and sufficient".^[99]

In the United Kingdom, AIIB faced criticism for having seconded HM Treasury staff. Conservative MP Tim Loughton, who was impacted by a Chinese cyber campaign, called for an audit of the UK's relationship with the AIIB.^[100] According to a report by the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament, Sir Danny Alexander's appointment as vice-president of the AIIB was partially influenced by the Chinese government, intending to lend credibility to Chinese investments through his name.^[101]

AIIB loans are fully transparent and publicly accessible on AIIB's website.^[105]: 85

During 2016, AIIB committed a total of $1.73 billion to nine projects, among which six projects are joint initiatives with other international lenders such as the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank. It had achieved its loan target of $1.2 billion for the first year.^[106][107]

• New Development Bank (BRICS)/NDB BRICS
• Asian Development Bank
• African Development Bank
• Caribbean Development Bank
• CAF – Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean
• European Investment Bank
• Inter-American Development Bank
• Islamic Development Bank

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