Key facts
- AIIB President Zou Jiayi plans to double the bank's annual financing volume by 2030.
- The strategy emphasizes scaling up development impact through innovation and integrity.
- Zou conducted a listening tour across 15 member economies to inform the bank's future direction.
- AIIB aims to innovate financing tools, including attracting private capital and using local currencies.
- The bank views multilateralism as crucial for addressing global development challenges and geopolitical tensions.
Zou Jiayi, President of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) since January 2026, has outlined a strategic vision centered on significantly scaling up the bank's development impact through innovation and integrity. Following an extensive listening tour across 15 member economies, Zou emphasized that the bank aims to double its annual financing volume by 2030, with a focus on both the quantity and quality of its contributions to people's lives.
The bank plans to achieve this by innovating its financial instruments, including new methods to attract private capital and offer financing in local currencies. Zou highlighted the importance of integrity, defining it as upholding multilateralism, staying true to AIIB's mandate, and maintaining high operational standards. She asserted that multilateralism remains critical in a turbulent global landscape, providing a framework for countries to find solutions despite disagreements.
Zou noted that AIIB's 111-member structure, spanning six continents, embodies open regionalism, connecting Asia with the rest of the world. The bank is also enhancing coordination with other major multilateral development banks. In response to geopolitical challenges, AIIB launched the Energy, Food Security and Economic Resilience Facility to support member economies facing disruptions. The bank's success, according to Zou, is measured by tangible development impact on the ground, such as connecting millions through infrastructure projects in Indonesia and improving water services in Egypt.