AIIB BLOG

Beijing, Sep. 28, 2026

Tomorrow’s Infrastructure: Impact and Innovation Looking Ahead to AIIB’s 11th Annual Meeting

From climate finance to digital infrastructure and regional connectivity, AIIB’s 11th Annual Meeting spotlights the priorities and partnerships needed to build tomorrow’s infrastructure.

Beijing, Aug. 18, 2026

Building Nature into Infrastructure: Turning Biodiversity Commitments into Better Investments

Carsten Huttche, Miguel Rincones, Sabah Iqbal

The triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution poses a growing threat to the environment and the economy. Actions are needed to halt and reverse biodiversity loss while advancing sustainable development. As countries implement the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework through their National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans, attention is increasingly turning from commitments to implementation. For AIIB, this means identifying practical ways to integrate biodiversity considerations and nature-based solutions (NbS) into infrastructure investments that deliver lasting economic, environmental and social benefits.

Beijing, Aug. 14, 2026

Financing Infrastructure for Tomorrow Through a Broader Sustainability Lens

Hui Fong Lee

Climate has rightly been central to the conversation around sustainable infrastructure for much of the past decade. However, infrastructure performance is also shaped by interconnected environmental and social factors. AIIB’s 2025 Sustainability Report reflects this broader lens, showing how these factors can affect long-term asset and portfolio performance.

Beijing, Aug. 13, 2026

How Technology Enhances the Development Impact of Infrastructure

Shi Hao Zijdemans

At a busy urban crossroads, infrastructure is easy to see. Cars move through lanes. Buses stop and start. Pedestrians wait at crossings. Traffic lights guide the flow of movement through the city.

Beijing, Aug. 10, 2026

Our Most Diverse Class Yet: Highlights from the 2026 Global Internship Program

Brian Carlo Hipolito

Our Global Internship Program just had its biggest year. We received 14,352 applications from 158 economies for 38 internship positions – our largest applicant pool since the program launched in 2018, and a clear sign that interest in AIIB’s Young Talent Programs keeps growing.

Beijing, Aug. 06, 2026

Connecting Capital to Impact: What AIIB's Sustainable Bonds are Delivering

Domenico Nardelli

Ten years after AIIB’s founding, the impact of some of our earliest projects is becoming clear. The AIIB Sustainable Development Bonds Impact Report 2025 highlights the benefits already reaching people, communities and economies, while looking ahead to results still to come.

Beijing, July 10, 2026

Bridging Communities and Markets through Infrastructure Connectivity

Communications Department, AIIB

Every morning, a farmer in rural Uzbekistan plans his day around the condition of local roads. Outside Delhi, commuters and freight operators lose hours navigating congested rail lines. Along Egypt’s Mediterranean coast, port workers are preparing for a new terminal that will reshape trade flows for decades.

Beijing, July 01, 2026

Strengthening Returns on Irrigation Infrastructure Investment: Lessons from Indonesia

Haseeb Ahmed, David Ginting, Rong Shi, Edith Zheng, Xiangrui Zhao

Irrigation systems are critical to rural economies such as Indonesia’s. They underpin food production, climate resilience and rural livelihoods.

Beijing, June 10, 2026

Mobilizing Private Capital to Scale Digital Infrastructure in Asia

Hun Kim

Digital infrastructure is the backbone of economic growth, but investment in this space has been uneven. Many developing economies are struggling to expand basic digital connectivity while preparing for the artificial intelligence (AI) era, resulting in a double digital divide: inadequate basic access for hundreds of millions, compounded by growing gaps in AI readiness.

Beijing, June 05, 2026

Beyond the Label: Why International Agreements Alone Aren’t Saving Our Wetlands

Haseeb Ahmed, Edith Zheng

Wetlands are critical natural water infrastructures. They act as biodiversity hotspots, critical sinks for carbon sequestration, and essential regulators of the global water cycle. From buffering communities against the ravages of floods and droughts to sustaining complex food webs, the ecosystem services provided by global wetlands are estimated to be worth a staggering USD39 trillion per year.

Beijing, May 22, 2026

How AIIB Builds Climate Finance Markets in Asia

Communications Department, AIIB

Asia faces acute climate risks alongside an estimated annual infrastructure financing gap of USD1.7 trillion. Bridging that gap requires more than financing individual projects. It requires building the standards, financial instruments and institutional confidence needed to mobilize long-term private capital toward sustainable infrastructure.

Beijing, May 15, 2026

From Momentum to Impact: Advancing Gender Equality Across AIIB

Sustainability and Fiduciary Solutions Department (SFD) and Human Resources Department (HRD), AIIB

AIIB mobilized a Bank-wide effort anchored in International Women’s Day to strengthen how gender integration is understood and applied across the Bank’s operations and culture. Across two weeks in March, the Bank held a series of events under the theme “Inclusion4Impact” that focused on what matters most for an institution committed to gender equality: whether systems are in place to advance gender parity, teams are equipped with practical tools, knowledge is accessible to all, and the individuals driving this agenda are visible, connected and supported.

Beijing, May 08, 2026

Flying Rivers: Rain Crossing Terrains

Jingyu Gao, Elena De Petrillo

We usually think of water as something that flows through rivers, reservoirs or underground pipes. But a large share of the world’s water moves in a very different way – it travels through the air, crossing borders, then eventually falls on land as raindrops, nurturing life.

Beijing, April 22, 2026

We Are Losing the Battle to Invest in Nature. Public-Private Partnerships Can Change This

Erik Berglof

Humanity’s existence is deeply dependent on a robust and healthy natural world. We depend on nature – and the biodiversity it facilitates – for our food, energy, water, resources, medicine, employment and leisure. Despite this, nature’s vital social, health and economic contributions have been overlooked for centuries. Now, thanks to advances in science and data collection, extraordinary possibilities open to identify and track the impact of – and importantly finance – interventions to restore nature.

Beijing, April 17, 2026

A Decade of Financial Strength: Reflections from the Controller

Hui Fong Lee

Today, AIIB publishes our 10th annual financial results. The Bank delivered an operating profit of USD923 million in 2025, following a record USD1.15 billion in 2024, marking another year of robust performance. Total income reached USD2.5 billion, with loan investments continuing to provide a stable income stream of USD1.5 billion, supported by an 11% annual expansion of the loan portfolio. Liquidity positions and capital adequacy ratios remained well above internal thresholds, ensuring AIIB’s resilience and alignment with its AAA credit profile.

Beijing, April 15, 2026

Unlocking Central Asia’s Connectivity: From Legacy to Opportunity

Jianshi Yao, Kazuhiro Nomoto

Central Asia stands at a pivotal juncture in its economic and infrastructure development. After decades shaped by legacy transport links and fragmented national systems, the region is emerging as a strategic crossroads between Europe and Asia. Renewed interest in alternative trade routes – notably the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route via the South Caucasus and Türkiye – reflects shifting trade patterns, a more complex geopolitical landscape and deeper regional cooperation.

Beijing, March 06, 2026

AIIB Improves Community Access to Independent Accountability Mechanism Following Global Dialogue

Shamas ur Rehman Toor

Infrastructure transforms landscapes and lives. At the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), our mission is rooted in the belief that communities must be active partners, with a clear, trusted path to be heard if things go wrong.

Beijing, Feb. 13, 2026

Enhancing Women’s Access to Public Services and Economic Opportunities through Rural Infrastructure in Cambodia

Monyrath Nuth, Satoshi Ishihara

How AIIB financed rural road improvements in Cambodia are enhancing women’s access to healthcare, education, markets and livelihoods through gender responsive infrastructure and community driven planning.

Beijing, Feb. 12, 2026

Blending Policy and Performance: From CPBF to Downstream Investments

Rafi Hossain, Reaz Chowdhury, Xiaolan Wang

How AIIB strategically sequences and blends CPBF, RBF and IPF to turn policy reforms into bankable projects, mobilize private capital, and deliver measurable climate and development outcomes.

Beijing, Jan. 23, 2026

Strategic Portfolio Management Can Transform Development Finance. AIIB is Setting the Tone

Ke Fang

The success of development finance lies not just in the projects approved but also in how they are delivered. As infrastructure needs grow and development challenges become more complex, multilateral development banks (MDBs) face not just an institutional mandate but a moral one – to ensure that projects deliver tangible impact to the millions they serve.

Beijing, Jan. 14, 2026

Supporting AIIB’s Mission through Sustainable and Effective Services

Guorong Ding

As AIIB enters 2026 and our second decade of operations, delivering sustainable infrastructure across regions depends not only on financing and partnerships, but also on the systems, services and spaces that support the Bank’s core business every day. The Facilities and Administration Services Department (FAS) plays a central and continuous role in enabling AIIB’s operational resilience, institutional maturity and people-first workplace culture.