As it stands, the Silk Road Fund is unilateral, placing it in the same category as the China Development Bank and the state-owned investment conglomerate CITIC. But the Chinese authorities have said that it is open for others to join, though that seems unlikely, given the scale of the Chinese commitment.
目前，丝绸之路基金为单边机构，与中国国家开发银行和国有投资巨头中信集团性质类似。但中国当局已表示欢迎其他国家加入其中，尽管从中国投入的规模看可能性较小。