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UN agency moves ahead with plan to revive ancient Silk Road for trade, tourism

The United Nations is pushing ahead with a major regional initiative to revive the ancient Silk Road aimed at renewing economic and cultural links bridging China and Central Asian countries by promoting modern forms of cooperation supported by advanced technologies and achieving “new miracles” of enhanced tourism.

UN backs cooperation on New Silk Road from eastern China to Western Europe

The United Nations is-cosponsoring an international symposium on regional economic cooperation along the New Silk Road, a vast corridor for commerce and tourism stretching from Lianyungang in easternmost China to Rotterdam in the western Netherlands, mirroring the fabled camel and caravan trade route of old.