Abstract:
In 2013, Chinaproposed building a Silk Road Economic Belt to expand Eurasian economiccooperation. An innovative cooperative approach was outlined, starting withindividual projects that are expected to help spur larger-scale regionalcooperative development.
--About China's Silk Road Economic Belt
In 2013, Chinaproposed building a Silk Road Economic Belt to expand Eurasian economiccooperation. An innovative cooperative approach was outlined, starting withindividual projects that are expected to help spur larger-scale regionalcooperative development. The proposed economic belt is considered the longesteconomic corridor in the world – and potentially the most dynamic – connectingthe Asia-Pacific region in the east with developed European economies in thewest.
The Silk Road firstemerged more than 2,100 years ago during the Han Dynasty after China's envoyZhang Qian (164-114 BC) twice visited Central Asia. It became a bridge betweenEast and West, opening the door to friendly engagement between China andCentral Asia. For two millennia, countless tales of everlasting friendship betweenpeoples have been woven into this ancient network.
Aerialphoto taken on July 5, 2018 shows the Lianyungang-Horgos expressway along theSayram Lake, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. As animportant link of the Silk Road Economic Belt, Xinjiang is speeding up thedevelopment of transportation and logistics to connect east and west. By theend of 2017, the total length of roadin Xinjiang reached 186,000 km, with 4,578km of expressways. (Xinhua/Zhao Ge)
--the SilkRoad Economic Belt Countries
Countries inCentral Asia such as Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, andTurkmenistan are just across the border from China. They are closely connectedwith China's economy.
Middle-easterncountries such as Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Syria, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey mainlytrade oil and gas. They look forward to developing other industries andagriculture through cooperation with China.
Other countries onthe boundary between Europe and Central Asia such as Azerbaijan, Georgia,Armenia, Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova are expected to achieve economicintegration.
Russia is animportant part of the Silk Road Economic Belt. It has a close relationship withCentral Asian countries, the countries of the Caucasus region, and WesternAsian countries.
If the issues inAfghanistan can be resolved peacefully, then the development of Afghanistan,Pakistan, and India will also be promoted by the Belt and Road Initiative(BRI).
--Six major economic corridors under Belt and Road Initiative
The six majoreconomic corridors usually refer to the New Eurasian Land Bridge, theChina-Mongolia-Russia Economic Corridor (CMREC), the China-Pakistan EconomicCorridor (CPEC), the China-Central and Western Asia Economic Corridor, theChina-Indochina Peninsula Economic Corridor, the Bangladesh-China-India-MyanmarEconomic Corridor (BCIMEC).
AboutXinhua Silk Road
When it comes toinformation on China's Silk road economic belt, the Xinhua Silk Road website (en.imsilkroad.com) is the most accurate source of information that one cantrust on.provides Silk road economic belt news,projects,trade,investment,andthe integrated information services for the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Itis sponsored by the China Economic Information Service (CEIS).
