自“一带一路”重大倡议提出后，华侨华人在“一带一路”建设中的作用引起了侨界和学术界的广泛关注。“一带一路”沿线国家分布着众多的华侨华人。中东地区是“一带一路”的交汇点，也是华侨华人聚集之地。然而，目前，有关这一地区华侨华人及其在中国与中东共建“一带一路”中的作用还未引起足够重视。本文以收集到的最新资料为主，在已有研究的基础上，分析中东地区侨情的最新变化及其特点，并通过几个重要节点的考察，展现华侨华人在“一带一路”建设中的独特作用。本文认为，近年来，中东地区华侨华人规模已经突破50万人；其构成也不是以少数民族华侨华人为主，汉族华侨华人至少占一半以上，新移民发展迅速；中东国家的入籍归化政策在很大程度上影响着华侨华人的融入；西北地区、地方商会、义乌、宗教因素是中东华侨华人在“一带一路”建设中发挥作用的几个重要节点。
Overseas Chinese would play unique and important role in ‘the Belt and Road’ construction. Middle East is the intersection of B&R，and there are over half million overseas Chinese in Middle East. They would play a part in ‘the Belt and Road’ construction，for example，they have close connections with North West district of China，there are many chambers of commerce which link Middle East with the other provinces of China economically，Yiwu city of Zhejiang province is becoming a special bridge between Middle East and China，and maybe the religion will become another tie.
