Israeli medical experts attend a video meeting on the prevention and treatment of COVID-19 with Chinese medical experts in Wuhan, in the central Israeli city of Ashdod on March 23, 2020. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)

"The Chinese system is not a system of radical changes but it is a system of adaptability. BRI can be adapted to different circumstances and different conditions," Pines said.

Additionally, the BRI is also about strengthening digital connectivity and health governance, Tzogopoulos said.

China's leadership in the application of artificial intelligence in digital health and the ability to supply such technologies at affordable prices could be important and helpful for other countries to tackle COVID-19, he said.

"BRI will emerge stronger out of the crisis. It is via such a massive integration mechanism and investments platform that the world economy can be relaunched," Tzogopoulos said.