The ancient Silk Road originated in the Western Han Dynasty (202-8 years ago), starting from the capital Chang 'an (now Xi 'an), passing through Gansu and Xinjiang to Central Asia and West Asia, connecting Mediterranean countries. Its original function was to transport silk produced in ancient China.
The New Silk Road Economic Belt includes five northwestern provinces: Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia and Xinjiang. Chongqing, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guangxi, four provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities in southwest China. 20 13 was put forward by China President Xi Jinping in his speech at Nazarbayev University.
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Historical background of the New Silk Road: At the beginning of the 20th century, trade and investment revived on the ancient Silk Road. Central Asian countries hope to expand cooperation with China, invest in transportation, post and telecommunications, textiles, food, medicine, chemicals, agricultural products processing, consumer goods production, machinery manufacturing and other industries, and cooperate in agriculture, desert control, solar energy, environmental protection and other fields to inject "fertilizer" and "vitality" into this fertile land.
Some people of insight in China also keep calling for the promotion of economic and trade cooperation along the Silk Road under the background of the rapid development of modern transportation and information and globalization, which is not only the inheritance of history and culture, but also the development of great potential in this region. 、
On the morning of September 7th, 2065438+03, President Xi Jinping, China proposed to jointly build the Silk Road Economic Belt.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Silk Road
Baidu Encyclopedia-Silk Road Economic Belt