南亚地区是“一带一路”建设的重点区域。“一带一路”倡议自提出以来，已在南亚地区取得积极进展，主要表现为：中国与南亚国家双边贸易不断增长，大型基础设施投资合作成效显著，其他领域合作多元化发展。上海充分发挥地缘、资源、技术和人才优势，为服务南亚地区“一带一路”建设做出了突出贡献，尤其是在经贸与基础设施投资合作、数字与金融合作、人文交流合作等领域。疫情背景下，南亚各国对外国投资需求大，上海与南亚国家贸易互补性强，民间外交展现强劲活力，这些因素为上海与南亚各国未来的合作带来了机遇，与此同时，面临的挑战也值得关注。
South Asia is a key area for the construction of the BRI. Since the BRI has been proposed，it has made positive progress in South Asia，including the continuous growth of bilateral trade between China and South Asian countries，a series phased results of infrastructure construction cooperation，the continuous expansion of investment scale，and the deep engagement of people-to-people. Shanghai has actively taken its advantages of resources，management，technology and human，and made outstanding contributions to the construction of the BRI in South Asia，especially in trade，infrastructure，digital and financial cooperation，and folk diplomacy areas. In the future，Shanghai will embrace new opportunities for cooperation，due to the rigid demand for FDI from the South Asian countries after the epidemic，the strong mutual complementarity of trade between Shanghai and South Asian countries，and the solid foundation people exchanges. However，some challenges deserve to attention.
