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- According to the official announcement on the website of China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, China will temporarily exempt citizens of France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Malaysia from needing visas to visit the world's second-largest economy.
- XINING -- A new railway linking Dunhuang city, Northwest China's Gansu province, and Golmud city, Northwest China's Qinghai province, is scheduled to be put into operation in December, authorities said Thursday.
- LANZHOU -- Images of five wild leopards were captured by infrared cameras in Northwest China's Gansu province, suggesting the existence of the rare animal in eastern Gansu.
- Construction of Asia's highest tunnel in elevation, located in Northwest China's Qilian Mountains, the Dongshan Tunnel, part of the Sunan-Qilian section within the G213 national highway, will help traffic flow between the Sunan Yugur autonomous county in Gansu and Qilian county in Qinghai.
- JERUSALEM, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- Three Israeli artists exhibited their artworks portraying China's northwestern Gansu province on Wednesday evening at the China Cultural Center in Tel Aviv.
- The mammoth dance drama Dream of Dunhuang composed by Lanzhou Opera House premiered at the Chinese Theater in Beijing on April 24, 2000, to a great success. The debut also marked the perfect start of an incredibly successful artistic creation.
- XINING - For Tibetan craftsman Kelsang Tsering, the highlight of his daily work is bringing clay Buddha figurines, mostly seen in monasteries, to common households.From clay selection and sculpting to wiping and coloring, Kelsang Tsering is kept busy creating Buddha clay statues in his workshop...
- Hosted by China Daily website, the seven day-trip will cover three Belt and Road cities in China, namely Ningbo, Nantong, and Dunhuang.
- During the last six years, Academy Award-winning composer Tan Dun has traveled to the ancient city of Dunhuang, Northwest China's Gansu province, multiple times to study and document the Mogao Caves.
- The delegation on the ancient Silk Road tour visits the Mogao Grottos in Dunhuang, Northwest China's Gansu province on Sept 2, 2018.
- The Nadun Festival, celebrated by the Tu ethnic minority group, falls between the 12th day of the seventh month and the 15th day of the ninth month on the Chinese lunar calendar (August 22 to October 23 on the Gregorian calendar this year). The annual festival is dubbed by many as "the...
- The Ningxia Hui autonomous region has made historic achievements in social development since it was founded 60 years ago, the chairwoman of the region said.
- SAIC Volkswagen's Xinjiang facility is likely to sell products to Central Asia next year. The company recently got authorization from Volkswagen Deutschland for the move, said Fu Xuejun, the Xinjiang company's general manager.
- The northwestern Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region has introduced six special tourism trains and 10 self-drive routes to woo tourists.
- Shapotou scenic zone, located in Zhongwei city in Northwest China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region, has become a must-see for tourists who visit Ningxia.
- Visitors gather around the world's largest prayer wheel covered in gold foil in Sunan county, Zhangye city of Northwest China's Gansu province, on July 22, 2018.
- Xi'an's planned restrictions and ban on old vehicles with high emissions were based on level of emission rather than registration time, said officials on Tuesday.
- Primary and middle school students in Xi'an can enjoy a "cool summer" free of charge at 23 swimming venues from July 20 to Aug 19 by booking online.
- Let's take a look at the 10 Chinese cities with the greatest "ease of doing business" out of 26 studied by accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers and the China Development Research Foundation. The ranking is part of the Chinese Cities of Opportunities 2018 list released in March
- Camera traps equipped with infrared sensors have revealed that the population of wild camels, a critically endangered species, remains stable in Lop Nur Wild Camel National Nature Reserve in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.
- Silk Road, Flower Rain, a spectacular set of folk dances first performed in 1979 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, makes use of Chinese and Persian motifs to tell a story of love, adventure and discovery.
- Three grottoes in Dunhuang, Northwest China's Gansu province, have been replicated at Shanghai Tower, the world's second-tallest building, as part of a 10-month-long exhibition.
- Tajinisa is proud of her deep purple hands. The indelible dye stains on the 51-year-old craftswoman's hands are testament to her decades of toil dyeing and weaving Atlas silk, a national intangible cultural heritage.
- A modern carpet factory in northwestern China is helping boost trade between the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region and Central Asia as well as preserve traditional Uygur culture.
- Procapra Przewalskiis are seen in Haibei Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Northwest China's Qinghai province, April 26, 2018.
- XINING — Caka Salt Lake park in Northwest China's Qinghai province has opened to tourists after six months of renovation.
- An exhibition featuring replicas of the renowned Mogao Grottoes is underway at the Shanghai Tower, the tallest building in China. In the next 10 months, visitors will be able to have a close look at three life-size replicas of the Mogao Caves in Dunhuang, Gansu province, as well as more than 100...
- Ancient Dunhuang manuscripts housed abroad have been edited and published by the Institute for Overseas National Literature of Northwest Minzu University since 2006.
- Two artists from the Snuff Puppets troupe based in Melbourne, Australia, conducted a performance at the Great Wild Goose Pagoda square in Xi'an. They carry three-meter-high puppets to interact with tourists.
- A new Guinness World Record for the "Most Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) airborne simultaneously" was created on April 29 when 1,374 drones hovered above an ancient city wall in Xi'an, Shaanxi province.
- Students wearing traditional costumes from Qingan High School take part in a coming-of-age ceremony in Xi'an, Northwest China's Shaanxi province, April 29, 2018.
- URUMQI - Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region opened its 20th airport, the Ruoqiang Loulan Airport, on Thursday.
- An exhibition featuring replicas of the famous Mogao Grottoes will open at Shanghai Tower, the world's second tallest building, on April 28.
- Northwest China's Qinghai Province plans to build or upgrade 400 toilets at tourist sites in the next three years as part of nationwide efforts to spruce up public toilets, according to the provincial commission of tourism development.
- A ceremony paying homage to Huangdi, or the Yellow Emperor, who is regarded as one of the common ancestors for all Chinese, is held at the Mausoleum of Huangdi in Huangling county, Northwest China's Shaanxi province, April 5, 2018, on the occasion of the Qingming Festival.
- People perform on the ceremony in memory of Zhang Qian, in Chenggu county, Northwest China's Shaanxi province, April 3, 2018. Zhang Qian, a royal emissary in China's Han Dynasty (202 BC -220 AD), as pioneer of ancient Silk Road, traveled from China westward on a mission of peace and opened an...
- More than 30 citizens jumped aboard for a ride down Urumqi’s Metro Line 1 on Mar 6. The northern section of Urumqi's Metro Line 1, the first Xinjiang-made metro line, will start its trial run in June. It will take less than half an hour to go from Balou Station to the International Airport...
- More than 5,300 pieces of Dunhuang manuscripts have been "returned" from France in digital form and are available online, according to the National Library of China.
- LANZHOU -- With the unrolling of a huge thangka painting bearing the image of the Buddha, a Tibetan Buddhist ceremony started Wednesday morning at Labrang Monastery in Northwest China's Gansu province.
- LANZHOU -- Northwest China's Gansu province plans to lift 500 villages out of poverty by helping them develop rural tourism in the next three years, government sources said on Friday.
- Supermarkets in the Urumqi Economic and Technological Development Zone (Toutunhe district) have recently been witnessing peak season, local media reported on Feb 6.
- Urumqi, capital of Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, began to levy green tax instead of taking pollution discharge fees on taxable pollutants including air pollutants, water pollutants, solid waste and noises since Jan 1 of this year.
- A grand exhibition featuring artwork by artist Zhang Daqian is ongoing at the National Museum of China and will run through March 4. The highlights are Zhang's replicas of the Dunhuang murals.
- A huge colored map of the Silk Road from a royal court of the mid-Ming Dynasty was officially welcomed home at the Forbidden City in Beijing on Thursday.
- The art of carpet-making has been a part of Hotan prefecture's history for at least 2,000 years. Today, villagers are using the ancient craft to lift themselves out of poverty.
- A maintenance project has finished on the Jiayu Pass, a famed part of the Great Wall built in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) in Jiayuguan city, Northwest China's Gansu province.
- Are you attracted to the lip color of the ancient Guanyin, or goddess of mercy, when you visit the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang? Though the artwork has lasted thousands of years, the color still seems bright.
- China's famed "Terracotta Warriors" will go on display in a rare exhibition to be hosted by two US museums. The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) will be the first host, the museum announced Monday.
- A delegation from China's Xinjiang autonomous region concluded its two-day visit to Houston, Texas of the United States on Friday, with the aim of enhancing mutual understanding.
- Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and his Azeri counterpart Ilham Aliyev and Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili attend the inauguration ceremony of Baku - Tbilisi - Kars railway in Alyat, Azerbaijan, October 30, 2017.
- URUMQI -- A new China-Europe freight train route was launched on Oct 26 in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
- URUMQI - Freezing fog left more than 5,000 passengers stranded at an airport in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on Oct 27.
- The Dunhuang Research Academy has released a batch of Dunhuang murals showing the ancient folk scene of the Chongyang Festival, or Double Ninth Festival, which falls on Oct 28 this year.
- A Dunhuang Award ceremony was held in Lanzhou, Gansu province, on October 11. Three foreign experts from the University of South Florida were honored at the ceremony, adding to the total of seven foreign experts who won the award this year.
- LANZHOU - Four snow leopards were spotted by an infrared camera in Northwest China's Gansu province, according to local authorities Friday.
- The ancient ballet drama "Dunhuang" in Northwest China's Gansu province is one of the must-see treasures of the world.
- In a recent culinary event jointly held by Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu province, and Italy embassy in Beijing, a veteran Chinese chef showed off the dazzling skills of turning a dough into diverse sizes of noodles.
- A cartoon camel logo was unveiled at the second Silk Road International Cultural Expo, which opened on Wednesday in Dunhuang, Gansu province, to make local tourism and traditions more appealing to young people.
- LANZHOU — A major railway line connecting Lanzhou, capital of Northwest China's Gansu province, with the southwestern metropolis of Chongqing was put into operation on Friday.
- A new flight connecting Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, with Lhasa, capital of the Tibet autonomous region, took off for the first time on Sept 13.
- Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region received over six million tourists during Eid al-Adha, known in China as Corban Festival, one of Islam's most important holidays.
- LANZHOU - Since 2015, Li Na, 26, has been working as a painted-pottery maker at a cultural center in the northwestern Chinese city of Yumen.
- Germany's Heidelberg Philharmonic Orchestra performed a concert at Xi'an Port on Sept 6, providing a symphonic delight for residents in Xi'an.
- China has gifted two replica Terracotta Warriors to Scotland. The figures are on display at Stirling Castle as part of Scotland's Year of History, Heritage and Archaeology.
- On August 4, the opening ceremony of the 2017 Xi'an Silk Road International Tourism Expo was staged at Qujiang International Conference & Exhibition Center
- Digitization, internet traffic used to ease number of visitors. The popularity of the Mogao Caves, which house the world's largest collection of Buddhist art, is proving their biggest threat.
- LHASA - A new air route linking Shanghai, Xi'an and Shigatse, the second largest city in Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region, has opened.
- The new high-speed train, which was launched on July 9, slashes the travel time between northwestern China's Gansu province and eastern China
- China's first Mars simulation base will be built in Northwest China's Qinghai province, China News Service reported on Tuesday.
- Dancers from Macao Conservatory perform during the 5th China Xinjiang International Folk Dancing Festival in Urumqi, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, July 21, 2017. More than 60 performances by some 20 dance troupes are scheduled in the festival that lasts till August 5, 2017.
- A new high-speed railway linking Baoji, a city in Northwest China's Shaanxi province, and Lanzhou, the capital of neighboring Gansu province, opened on Sunday.
- British artist's six-month journey by motorbike took her to sites in China, Uzbekistan, Turkey, Egypt, Italy and Iran.
- Workers started laying tracks on Saturday for a 1,213-kilometer railway linking the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region with neighboring Qinghai province.
- XI'AN - Sajjad Raza busies himself harvesting wheat on a tract of land in northwest China's Shaanxi Province. Raza, 29, is not a farmer, but a doctoral student in agriculture.
- The 2017 China Xi'an International Makers Festival opened at Xi'an Jiaotong University on June 8.
- Thousands of Muslims from Kashgar's old town in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region flood into the region's biggest mosque Id Kah for jumah — Friday prayers — during the holy month of Ramadan, June 9, 2017.
- In his opening address to the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing on Sunday, Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke of the need for harmonious coexistence, saying there is a "deficit" in peace, development and governance that needs to be overcome.
- Urumqi, in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, is quickly building itself into a center of transportation, logistics, finance, culture and health care at the core of the Silk Road Economic Belt.
- Egyptian journalist Wahid Mohamed Elmallah plays a Uighur ethnic musical instrument after visiting the Xinjiang Art Theatre in Urumqi, Northwest China's Xinjiang autonomous region, May 10, 2017.
- BEIJING - Two Chinese companies on Monday signed a contract with Kazakhstan's national railway company to buy 49 percent of an inland port near the China-Kazakhstan border.
- Region plans to expand services for people along Silk Road routes. More patients from Central Asian nations sought medical care in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region last year because of its high quality healthcare and its proximity
- Among China’s greatest art treasures are the Buddhist caves near Dunhuang, a Gobi Desert oasis on the ancient Silk Road that once linked China and the West.
- An exhibition in London is bringing a taste of the beauty and history of China's ancient Silk Road to the United Kingdom.
- Banjo player Abigail Washburn and her husband Bela Fleck. Abigail Washburn can play folk music in two different countries and languages.
- One of the country's top performing ensembles, the China National Traditional Peking Opera Company, is bringing a contemporary Peking opera based on the Xi'an Incident to the Shandong Grand Theater in Jinan, capital of Shandong province, on May 21.
- Shanghai-based China Eastern Airlines has operated more than 270 flights between Shanghai and Prague since the route connecting the two cities opened, with the average occupancy rate being above 80 percent, an indication of the huge business potential in the Belt and Road Initiative.
- The human resources and social security bureau of Urumqi High-tech Industrial Development Zone has organized dance training sessions for local residents from different ethnic groups starting on April 2.
- Dunhuang, located in Northwest China's Gansu province, has seen robust growth in tourism boosted by the Belt and Road Initiative. The city received 1.13 million tourists in the first quarter, up 20 percent from the same period last year. Tourism revenue reached 1.1 billion yuan, a year-on-year...
- Foreign students take photos of the Danxia red-sandstone formations in Gansu province's Zhangye with their phones on April 12, 2017. More than 180 foreign students from Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan visited natural scenes and cultural relic sites along the Hexi corridor
- Xi'an Jiaotong University held a publicity seminar on the Silk Road Robotics Innovations Competition 2017 on Friday. The event marked the official launch of the competition with its theme, "Bringing together the Intelligent Technologies and Leading Innovation Along the Silk Road".
- XI'AN - Bronze chariots that belonged to the first Chinese emperor will get new luster when they are lifted from a cramped subterranean showroom at a major museum to a new exhibition hall above ground.
- After wrapping up its performances in Beijing on April 2, the play Bai Lu Yuan (White Deer Plain), will tour other Chinese cities, including Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Nanjing, Shanghai and Suzhou of eastern Jiangsu province, through June.
- The recent discovery of a 5,000-year-old 'beer-making tool kit' in Shaanxi province inspires craft brewers in China to replicate the historic recipe, Mike Peters reports from Xi'an and Beijing.
- BEIHAI, Guangxi -- Chinese President Xi Jinping has vowed efforts to promote the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road and advance opening up and development under the Belt and Road Initiative.
- Tourists will soon be able to take sightseeing flights over the country's largest provincial region, the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, according to the Civil Aviation Administration of China.
- URUMQI - Ruins of city walls have been discovered in Northwest China's Lop Nor Desert, the site of the former capital of Loulan, a prosperous settlement built about 2,000 years ago to serve passing traders traveling the Silk Road.
- Ruins of ancient city walls dating back to Han and Jin dynasties have been discovered in the Lop Nor Desert, Northwest China's Uygur autonomous region, Feb 16, 2017.
- Har Lake, which dried up more than 50 years ago, has reappeared in the Gobi Desert in Gansu province.
- Chinese travel agencies on Wednesday charmed visitors at a key travel trade show in Berlin with Silk Road destinations.
- The first double-deck steel truss bridge in Xinjiang will open to traffic by the end of October. The bridge will largely facilitate transport between Urumqi and the Changji Hui autonomous prefecture in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.
- Archaeologist has devoted her life to preserving priceless Buddhist grottoes. If it had not been for Fan Jinshi and her team, the world cultural heritage site at Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes in a remote Chinese desert might have long been destroyed by sand, weather or humans.
- Zhang Baolan works on a cotton wool drawing at her home in Yanta district, Xi'an city, Shaanxi province, March 20, 2017. The gorgeous peacock is pieced together using dyed cotton wool, and this is just one part of a bigger artwork Peacock and Peony Painting.
- XI'AN - Hongjiannao Lake, China's largest desert freshwater lake, expanded in 2016 for the first time in a decade.
- LANZHOU -- The Dunhuang airport, located near the Mogao Caves, which contain some of China's finest ancient Buddhist art, will be closed between March 15 and May 25 for an expansion project aimed at coping with a growing tourist influx.
- Dance drama Tales of the Silk Road was performed in Frankfurt in Germany, on Feb 18, attracting about 2,000 audience numbers.
- Time for deliveries will be shortened from more than 30 days to about 10 days. Pakistan is to start exporting seafood to the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region using a land route that China will use to ship oil and natural gas from the Middle East.
- Coastal city of Yantai, Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province in southwest China, and Kashgar in China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region were also listed as among the most dynamic cities in the Belt and Road.
- Xinjiang's Tiansai Vineyards salutes the Year of the Rooster with two commemorative vintages, Mike Peters reports.
- A Bowl of Lanzhou Beef Noodles is made from a Singaporean's perspective. From Singapore's Chinatown to Lanzhou, we explore the differences between the Lanzhou beef noodles and larger cultural differences it implies.
- A city wall lantern show commenced on Jan 21 in Xi’an, beginning a countdown to the Chinese Year of the Rooster. The event highlights the many cultures along the Silk Road and lasts till March 5.
- The ancient Silk Road is not only a trade route but also a road of friendship that promoted cultural exchanges and shared knowledge among civilizations
- The Euphrates poplar forest in Urho district, Karamay, is rarely out of the sights of photographers due to its truly unique and striking landscape.
- A Chinese traditional opera show was staged at the Toutunhe Cultural and Sports Center on Jan 5 to welcome the Chinese New Year.
- An expansive Neolithic site that was uncovered in Shaanxi province has been named as one of the six archaeological discoveries of last year by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
- Xi'an is aiming to recapture the spirit of a traditional Chinese New Year celebration by putting on a folk culture show full of performances of ancient art forms indigenous to Shaanxi province.
- The Roads of Arabia: Archaeological Treasures of Saudi Arabia exhibition, which gathers 466 sets of national treasures from 15 museums all over Saudi Arabia, opened in the National Museum of China in Beijing on Tuesday and will run until March 19, 2017.
- SINGAPORE - "Singapore plays a pivotal role in building the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, and over 20 forums themed on the Belt and Road Initiative have been held here in 2016, which highlights all walks of life in Singapore attach great importance to the initiative with forward...
- An "ice and snow" marathon will be held in Urumqi, Xinjiang autonomous region, on Jan 1 next year, according to the regional sports administration.
- China's Taklamakan Desert has fascinated generations of explorers but its mountainous dunes, huge temperature changes and severe lack of water mean its full width has only been crossed once, in 1993.
- Urumqi Diwobao International Airport reopened flights to Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, earlier this year, cutting travel time between the two cities from 13 hours to 3 hours.
- The Chengdu Museum is preparing to host an exhibition on Dunhuang grotto art and the Silk Road starting later this month.
- After more than 30 years of painstaking land reclamation work across two generations, the might of a desert advance in Gansu’s Gulang county seems to have been halted.
- A worker dries the hookah tobacco at a workshop in Lanzhou, capital of Northwest China's Gansu province, Dec 16, 2016. Despite the shrinking of the industry in recent years, the making of hookah in Lanzhou has been preserved as a provincial intangible cultural heritage.
- Performance of a sacrificial ceremony marking the Winter Solstice is held in Daming Palace National Heritage Park in Xi'an, capital of Northwest China's Shaanxi province, Dec 21, 2016.
- Californians got the chance to delve into the wonders of intangible cultural heritages from regions along the ancient Silk Road in Sacramento, US, as part of a four-day exhibition that came to a close on Nov 30.
- Local residents visit Chinese shadow puppets during an intangible cultural heritage exhibition of the "2016 Gansu Culture Week" in Cairo, Egypt, on Dec 2, 2016. The "2016 Gansu Culture Week" kicked off here on Friday.
- The annual passenger throughput of Lanzhou Zhongchuan International Airport exceeded 10 million people for first time on Nov 28.
- Dunhuang Yardang National Geological Park, located northwest of Dunhuang city, is famous for is magnificent windswept rock formations. Also known as the ‘ghost city’, the geological park is home to beautiful landforms that could be mistaken for the ruined foundations of an ancient desert city.
- Gansu residents can now enter Dunhuang’s Minsha Mountain, Yumen Pass and Dunhuang Yardang National Geological Park free of charge until March 31, 2017.
- Local villagers of Kazak ethnic group perform in snow, and local Tuva people take part in a ceremony in Hemu village of Kanas, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, Dec 3, 2016. A series of snow activities will be held in Kanas this winter.
- Beijing has stepped up efforts to stop the sale of illegally obtained Chinese cultural relics by auction houses, collectors and museums.
- Zhang Jielong creates a rock-color painting at his studio in Dunhuang, Northwest China's Gansu province, Nov 15, 2016. Zhang Jielong was born in 1989. He started to learn rock-color painting in his childhood. The young man has become a member of the provincial artists association and had his own...
- The deepwater port that is a key to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor has received its first large shipment of Chinese goods, validating the trade link between western China and the Arabian Sea.
- URUMQI - A China-Kazakhstan trade center received 4.24 million visits from January to October, up 44 percent year-on-year, according to local border inspection authorities.
- He Kefeng is a magician, of sorts. However, instead of using a wand to cast spells, she uses a pair of scissors to create spellbinding paper cuttings.
- A show of aged white spirit at the 21 Century International Maritime Silk Road expo in Dongguan. There was an exhibition hall devoted to tea, another to silk and an extensive international photo show.
- The best thing about camping in style, or glamping, at the Tibetan grasslands of Gansu province isn't just the scenery - it's the infectious passion and inspirational tales of those who reside there
- Every year during the 80 days between mid-September and the start of November, about 400,000 migrant workers leave their hometowns in the rural areas of the provinces of Henan, Sichuan, Gansu and Heilong for the northwestern Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region to help the locals harvest cotton.
- Icicles hang from branches at a wetland of Heihe River in Zhangye city, Northwest China's Gansu province, Oct 29, 2016.
- The first train has traveled on a new rail line linking Karamay with the north of Kashgar prefecture in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, according to Karamay Daily reported.
- A group of Muslims left northwest China's Gansu province on Aug 15 for the Hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia, local authorities said.
- Nearly100 riders from the Golog Tibetan autonomous prefecture went by their horses into the town of Golog to participate in the King Gesar Cultural Tourism Festival’s traditional horse racing.
- About seven hours by bus from Qinghai province's capital city of Xining in the Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (locally referred to as the Qaidam Prefecture) is the town of Delingha.
- The "Across Loulan" media tour, organized by the Cyberspace Administration Office of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and the Party publicity department of Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, made its fourth stop in Ruoqiang county, most of which is in the southeastern part of...
- The Karamay Forum for the Belt and Road in Xinjiang (2016) will be held in Karamay, a large oil reserve city in China on August 9-11, according to a preparatory work meeting held on June 23.
- This prize-winning iPhone photo of Makanau Tumanbek and his eagle Red Eye has gone viral by Niu Siyuan. It's unlikely that Makanau Tumanbek, an eagle trainer living deep in the mountains of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, knows that a picture of him gently nuzzling the beak of his eagle Red...
- An epic bus tour which departed from Hamburg in Germany on May 11, carrying 35 cultural envoys, arrived in Wuxi on July 2 after nearly two months on the road.
- The classic dance drama, Dunhuang Dream, was staged at Lanzhou Waterwheel Expo Park in Gansu province on July 6, to mark the opening of the Fifth Lanzhou International Folk Art Week from July 6-11.
- The 22nd Lanzhou Investment and Trade Fair was held in Lanzhou city, capital of Gansu province from July 8-11, highlighting the Belt and Road Initiative as well as international communication and cooperation.
- In an area in the far northwest of China are earthen walls and temple ruins spread over an area of about 1.45 square kilometers. Locals call this site situated in a desert "the broken city".
- As the starting point of the ancient Silk Road, Shaanxi province firmly understands the opportunity of building the modern version, is an exemplary starting point for it and by exploiting its natural advantages is positioned to be the “one belt and one road” bridge tower.
- Surrounding the city center is a 14-kilometer long and 15-meter wide wall, built in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). It is the best preserved ancient city wall in China, and one of the largest ancient military defensive systems in the world.
- With the approval of the State Council, the Third Silk Road Forum will be held in Warsaw, Poland from June 20 – 21, 2016. The theme of the forum is “Jointly Building the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road for the Promotion of Shared Development and Prosperity...
- Dunhuang city, a well-known tourist destination, will hold a Silk Road International Cultural Expo on Sept 20 to promote communication between China and countries along the Belt and Road Initiative regions, Xinhua reported.
- URUMQI - The railway port of Horgos in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, which borders Kazakhstan, was officially opened Tuesday, local authorities said Wednesday.
- Jamalhan·Harbat performs Aken songs in her home in Emin county, Tacheng prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, May 24, 2016.
- As a major livelihoods project by China's Ministry of Transport, the online ticket sales system in Xinjiang is currently under construction. According to plans, 21 coach stations in Xinjiang will provide access to the online ticketing service in October.
- According to Chinanews.com, the newly constructed Golog Airport in Qinghai Province successfully passed three days of operational testing by the CAAC Northwest Regional Administration, marking that the airport has passed all needed inspections and will go into operation in July.
- The race is on. Sunan Yugur autonomous county in Gansu province held a horse race at the local course on May 28, attracting nearly one hundred farmers and herdsmen as competitors as well as thousands of local and visiting spectators.
- "Tacheng: the flower blooms" is a cultural event that has toured around Yumin, Tuoli, wusu, Shawan, Emin and Hoboksar Mongol autonomous county in Tacheng prefecture. The show has come to its final stop of Tacheng city.
- A Great Sphinx of Giza replica pictured at the Lanzhou Silk Road Cultural Relics Park in Lanzhou, Northwest China's Gansu province, on May 31, 2016. The 267-hectare park is built to develop animation, film, gaming and tourism industries in the city, which was once a major trading hub on the Silk...
- The first "New Silk Route" Central Asia train departed from Urumqi West Station in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, for Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan, on May 26, filled with appliances, costumes, general merchandise, and building materials.
- Lanzhou Railway Station in Lanzhou city, Gansu province opened Dunhuang-Beijing train No K43/44 featured on Dunhuang Culture on May 14 to facilitate travel to Dunhuang city in Gansu.
- This summer Gannan Prefecture will hold three major international events, including the 2016 World Tourism Ambassador Chinese Ethnic Minorities Conference finals, the Shambala International Photography Ceremony and the Nine-Colored Gannan Shambala “One Belt One Road” Minority Costume Exhibition.
- Ganzhou district in Zhanye city in Northwest China's Gansu province will play host to the Chinese round of the 2016 FIA Asia-Pacific Rally Championship on August 5-7, according to announcement in Beijing on May 12.
- The first Qiqihar-Urumqi railway, K1084, started running on May 15, 2016. Stretching for over 4,000 kilometres, it's the longest railway line in China.
- China National Tourism Administration (CNTA) regards "Silk Road Tourism" as a new brand to attract foreign visitors, setting it as the leading theme of tourism promotion in recent two years.
- The Lanzhou city railway administration in the city of Lanzhou, Gansu province will run tour train No Y681/4 linking Tianshui city and Pingliang city from May 15.
- Kushui township in Yongdeng county in the city of Lanzhou, Gansu province will hold a rose festival from May 18 to October, the county government announced at a press conference on May 10.
- Construction work on a tunnel to carry China's first subway line under the Yellow River was completed on Monday in Lanzhou, capital of Northwest China's Gansu province.
- Jingyuan county's Association of Chen-style Taichi hosted training classes in the city of Baiyin, Gansu province from March 17 to April 30, attracting more than 60 people.
- The Digital Dunhuang (e-dunhuang.com) offers virtual views of 28 of the Mogao Grotto caves, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and two of the Yulin Grottoes.
- To celebrate the International Labor Day on May 1, Dunhuang Academy China displayed a series of frescos that illustrate workers involved in various trades on its WeChat account, a Twitter-like application.
- Lanzhou, the capital of Northwest China's Gansu province, has been famous for its signature hand-pulled noodles since the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911).
- The man and his bird live in Turpan in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. The city, less than 200 kilometers from the regional capital Urumqi, is one of four in China with a long cockfighting tradition.
- The Xinjiang-Tibet Highway passing through mountains in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. As one of the world's highest motorable roads, Xinjiang-Tibet Highway, or China National Highway 219, connects Xinjiang and Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region with an average...
- Dunhuang Airport, in the city of Dunhuang in Gansu province, has added flights to Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu. On Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, the airport now offers four round-trip flights per day between the two cities.
- Female Bodhisattvas, benefactresses and several other characters from Mogao Grottoes' classic frescoes were inspired by women in Tang Dynasty, said Dunhuang Research Academy on March 8.
- A low-cost train service linking Kashgar and Hotan, two cities in the south of Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, will begin in May.
- The first spectacular performance of Gansu's original chorus Dreaming of Dunhuang was staged at Gansu Theatre in the city of Lanzhou in Gansu province, on April 12.
- Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region has launched three cross-border routes for driving tours to Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and more neighboring countries in central Asia.
- The Art Gallery of New South Wales opened its new exhibition Tang: Treasures from the Silk Road Capital on April 9, 2016. This is the first exhibit in Australia to focus on the art of the Tang Dynasty.
- A festival promoting tourism and the culture of Shenchuan town in Gaolan county, Gansu province took place on April 8, the Lanzhou Morning Post reported.
- Almond flowers bloom in Datong village, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, turning the remote village into a world of pink. Locals live a simple life, doing daily chores, chattering and playing with kids. Datong village, dubbed the almond village, is located inside Pamir...
- Located in Northwest China's Gansu province, Dunhuang is famous for being a religious and cultural crossing point.
- Dunhuang city in Gansu province, along with 29 other cities countrywide, entered the list of tourism destinations that build international characteristics, released by the National Tourism Administration.
- Italian artist Beatrice Caracciolo's abstract works have long been inspired by Chinese paintings. Her debut exhibition in Beijing that opened on Tuesday seeks to show that influence.
- One of China's top academic institutions, Xi'an Jiaotong University in Shaanxi province will celebrate, on Friday, the 120th anniversary of its establishment and the 60th anniversary of its relocation.
- More than 10,000 people gathered in front of the mausoleum of Huangdi, the Yellow Emperor, on Monday morning to pay their respects to the legendary figure regarded as the initiator of Chinese civilization.
- Dunhuang city in Gansu province, along with 29 other cities countrywide, entered the list of tourism destinations that build international characteristics,
released by the National Tourism Administration.
- On the morning of March 17, the activity themed “introducing intangible cultural heritage protection to grass roots and advocating inheritance by thousands of families” organized by Xi’an People’s Art-Museum, Xi’an Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center, together with Lantian...
- Longmen Grottoes in Central China's Henan province opened another of its caves to the public on Thursday, giving them the opportunity
to see a complete set of 29 arhat statues created during the rule of a Buddhist Chinese empress.
- A 195-million-yuan (about 30 million U.S. dollars) program to repair and protect western parts of the Great Wall in Gansu province is nearing completion, local cultural relics authority said.
- Northwest China's Gansu province invited French cultural organizations, companies and artists to the Silk Road International Expo at a promotional meeting held in Paris on Feb 29, 2016
- Lantern festival was celebrated in a particularly modern way this year in Karamay with the integration of traditional culture and modern technology.
- China still has a long way to go before its proposals for world peace and development are fully heard and understood worldwide. Happily, the country has stepped up its efforts to send messengers of good will abroad to help cut through the misunderstandings and confusion.
- Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, was honored as one of the top 10 happiest cities in China at an award ceremony organized by China Central Television on Feb 23.
- Improvements help people get to previously inaccessible Xinjiang areas during the colder months. A few years ago, the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, which draws hordes of tourists in summer and autumn, typically turned quiet when the long winter arrived.
- People gather to attend a Buddha tangka display of Labrang Monastery in Xiahe County, northwest China's Gansu province, Feb. 20, 2016.
- Villagers in Weiyuan county, Dingxi city, Gansu province perform in Shehuo, a collection of traditional folk shows, on Feb 15 to observe Spring Festival and pray for bumper crops in the New Year.
- The largest desert reservoir in Asia, Hongyashan, in northwest China's Gansu province, will expand its storage by 49 percent to ease desertification in region, local authorities said Friday.
- Chinese archaeologists advanced their research on the ruins of the Sangyuan brick kiln site by finding another 48 brick kilns and a number of bricks with their makers' fingerprints.
- Tourists have been forbidden from entering glaciers in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, authorities said on Thursday. "Glacier tourism brought in revenue of less than one billion yuan ($152 million) over the past dozen years, but the loss from shrinking glaciers is...
- TEHRAN - First cargo train from China to Iran arrived in Tehran on Monday, indicating a milestone in reviving the "Belt and Road," which has opened a new chapter of win-win cooperation between China and Iran.
- Mutton, lamb, beef, horse meat and dairy products form the basis of Xinjiang cuisine. Eating features of Han, Uygur, Kazak, Hui, and other ethnics can all find their way in Xinjiang cuisine.
- Dumplings, indispensable at lunar new year dinners in North China were already served 1,700 years ago in China's far west.
- The Youngor cotton spinning factory is one of the biggest employers in Aksu, an agricultural town on the edge of the Taklamakan desert in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.
- The first direct flight linking northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region and a southeastern Asian country, Bangkok of Thailand, has been launched, sources with the Urumqi international airport announced.
- Bazaars are commonplace in the urban and rural areas of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. Townships will schedule their markets on different days, enticing residents from neighboring areas with the scent of roasted lamb, a rodeo of riding skills and a cacophony of cattle calls.
- People in the Economic and Technological Development Zone, in Urumqi city, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region will be able to experience snow and ice sports near their homes by the middle of January. The snow and ice slides are under construction in Small Green Valley, an ecological park, and once...
- Two protection zones for giant pandas in Gansu province have been upgraded to State-level zones, the provincial forestry authority said over the weekend. Gansu is home to 132 giant pandas, according to a study conducted in 2015. It is one of three major habitats for the endangered animal in China.
- Jin Dongqin, from South Korea, prepares the protective clothing for her taekwondo students every day at her gymnasium in Lanzhou. There are 20 students in the class and Jin is both owner and tutor at the gymnasium.
- An exhibition to show the archaeological finds of Qin culture and Xirong culture before the Qin Dynasty (221 – 201 BC) was kicked off on Thursday in Emperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum Site Museum in Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi province.
- Contestants swim in the river. Lanzhou city, capital of Gansu province holds The 27th Yellow River Winter Swim Competition on Jan 1 to celebrate the beginning of the New Year, attracting more than 300 contestants across the country. The race goes from Lanzhou Zhongshan Bridge to Baita Mountain Port.
- URUMQI - The high-speed railway linking Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, with Xining, capital of Qinghai province, and Lanzhou, capital of Gansu province, has carried more than 4.5 million people in the first year of its operation, the regional authorities announced on Dec 27.
- A winter swimmer swims in Jinlong Lake in Karamay, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, on Dec 21, in the run-up to the First Xinjiang Winter Swimming Contest. The winter swimming contest, initiated by the Karamay sports bureau, will take place in Karamay in a month. Dozens of winter swimming...
- If you failed to experience the temperate summer or romantic autumn seasons of Zhangye, in Northwest China's Gansu province, be sure not to miss the city's splendid winter.
- In 2015, global headlines reflected mounting concerns about China's slowing economy and whether the country could maintain its reform momentum and complete its shift to a new growth model based on higher domestic consumption and expanded services.
- A group of ibices were seen wandering around in the Kuokesen mountainous area of Northwestern Xinjiang's Aletai district, December 16,2015. Aletai has made wildlife protection a top priority in recent years, animal species that are unique to the area like goitred gazelle and ibex have seen a...
- There's one area of US-China relations that no one has to worry about, and that's Chinese cuisine. I'm not talking about Americanized Chinese food staples, such as General Tso's chicken, lo mein, egg rolls and chop suey.
- The New Silk Road Law Schools Alliance between 20 Chinese and foreign law schools of world famous comprehensive universities officially launched today (Friday) in Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi province.
- At a height of 2,160 meters above sea level and about 120km east of Xi'an, Huashan is undoubtedly a sight for sore eyes.
- Tajikistan and Russian delegations visited the Economic and Technological Development Zone, Urumqi city, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on Nov 30 to seek cooperative opportunities with Chinese counterparts in Urumqi's tourist distributing center.
- Harassed by rodents running rampant on vegetation, locals in northwest China's Gansu Province have turned to traditional methods of pest control -- hawks, bows and arrows.
- The total number of people renting public bicycles in Lanzhou, the capital of Northwest China's Gansu, had risen to 20.09 million by Nov 25, the Lanzhou Public Traffic Group announced on Nov 30.
- Asia Sustainable Grassland Management Consulting Conference was held in northwest China's Gansu Province on Saturday, with participants from 13 countries.
- Thailand is a strategic fulcrum for China's 21st Marine Silk Road Initiative and an important channel to the ASEAN markets, said Sun Yuejing, head of Shanxi’s Department of Commerce.
- A cultural event revitalizing ancient Eurasian trade routes will be held next year in Dunhuang in Northwest China's Gansu province.
- The European Union faced serious economic challenges over the past few years, but the majority of the Central and Eastern European countries have now returned to their high growth patterns after the financial crisis, compared with the more developed western EU member states.
- China's railway authority has proposed a Silk Road high-speed railway connecting the country's northwest region to West Asia via Central Asia, a plan it said would overcome the cross-border connectivity problem of different rail standards.
- Contract electronics maker Foxconn plans to build a new processing base in northwest China's Gansu Province, indicating the tech giant's expansion further on the inland market.
- The ancient Silk Road has inspired all kinds of art. Chinese luxury footwear brand Sheme recently presented a collection of women's shoes inspired by it, paying tribute to Chinese traditional culture.
- A motorcade carrying nearly 80 people from China and Thailand will depart from Altay, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region on Monday, kicking off a cultural exchange trip marking 40 years of diplomatic ties between the two countries.
- China Government and corporate strategies must dovetail with environmental protection as big projects are built.
- The country's first pterosaur museum will be established in Hami prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, to display the precious collection of fossils found there, the local government said on Nov 3.
- The discovery of a number of fossils at a site in northwestern China was a closely guarded secret for nearly 10 years. Now the ancient relicts are set to go on display in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region
- The Discover Shaanxi Trip was great for me. I loved its history and culture. Taibai Mountain and Huashan Mountain are magnificent. I am looking forward to my next trip to China.
- Northwest China's Shaanxi province is seizing the opportunities brought by the country's Belt and Road Initiative and developing its tourism industry, according to the provincial tourism head.
- Near the peak of summer in mid July, Zach Naimon, 19, was riding his motorcycle on the highway from Akzu to Kashgarin in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. Before him, a newly completed highway stretched 430 kilometers into the desert. Beneath him was a fuel tank that was full, enough to take...
- The curtain is scheduled to rise on the first Maritime Silk Road Tourism Festival in Fuzhou, Fujian province on Nov 15. The festival's goal is to combine the tourism resources of cities along the Maritime Silk Road, plan a string of tourism routes, and promote tourism development, according to...
- The final of the First Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition for College Students was held at Xinjiang Arts University in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Nov 1.
- Outbound tourism in Lanzhou, Gansu province is not yet affected by the United Kingdom’s new visa policy, reported Western Business, a Gansu newspaper.
- The Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region will host the Third Silk Road Cultural Innovative Industries Expo from Nov 5 to 8 under the theme “Silk Road Center, Innovative Xinjiang”.
- The Third International Summit on Uygur Medicine and Protection of Intangible Culture kicked off in the city of Urumqi in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on Oct 22, according to Xinhua Online.
- A photo exhibition featuring natural sceneries, profound history, and diversified cultures along the ancient Silk Road opened Friday evening at the University of Hawaii (UH) Manoa campus.
- The Belt and Road Initiative offers even more opportunities for agriculture exchanges than the ancient Silk Road. The initiative will generate huge investments in logistics and transport infrastructure to improve connectivity, paving the road for transporting agricultural produce in a more cost...
- Chinese Buddhism should serve as a bridge for exchanges with countries along the Belt and Road initiative and enhance ties with international Buddhists, a senior government official said today.
- Artist Li Qing has spent a lot of time exploring mysterious sites on the Silk Road and putting the magnificent landscapes onto rice paper with ink and water.
- Historian says his book on ancient trading routes shows globalization is an old concept. Peter Frankopan believes we have all been looking at history the wrong way.
- A high-speed railway station in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region was nearly complete by Oct, 2015, according to a project manager. The new station will serve as a transportation hub for Xinjiang and other regions.
- Tourists enjoy activities in the sand at a scenic area of Kumutage Desert in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, Aug 10, 2014. Xinjiang's desert still features high temperatures after Liqiu (Aug 7), the beginning of autumn, on the traditional Chinese calendar. Despite the heat,...
- After China's strategic conception of building the "Silk Road Economic Belt" and "21st Century Maritime Silk Road", known as the Belt and Road Initiative, was put forward by President Xi Jinping in 2013, elites from eight democratic parties have been offering advice and...
- The capital of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region is looking to regain its former glory as a trade hub, thanks to the proposed Silk Road Economic Belt. Liu Jing and Cui Jia report.
- Jiayuguan, the ancient fortress of the Great Wall in Northwest China's Gansu province, opened to the public recently after several years of renovation.
- The 2015 Global Tourism Economy Forum (GTEF) kicked off in Macao on Monday with government leaders and industry experts immersed in three days of talks on how President Xi Jinping's "Belt and Road" initiative can assume the role in capitalizing on the transformation of cultural tourism.
- An orientation ceremony was held by Houbo College of Xinjiang Medical University on Sept 23 to welcome approximately 700 new students, according to Karamay Daily.
- Jiang Hongling, 74 years old, was born in Shandong province and came to Urumqi, capital of Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region in 1961.
- The desert had forced the town of Cele to relocate three times in history, but Gui saw it being enclosed by green trees. That was 2007, when Gui, a doctoral candidate, went for the first time to the Cele Research Station of the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography of the Chinese Academy of...
- "I was really lost and frustrated weeks ago," Pang, a classically trained mezzo soprano, told China Daily during a break from her Oct 3 concert Silk Road by Vocal Arts at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York.
- The People’s Square in Urumqi was bustling on the morning of October 1, 2015. Nearly 10,000 masses in splendid attire are dancing and singing there to celebrate the 66th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China and the 60th anniversary of founding of Xinjiang Uygur...
- A hundred pairs of couples hold their wedding ceremonies together in Jiaohe Ancient City Ruins, Turpan city, NW China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region,Sept. 30, 2015.
- Top Chinese political advisor Yu Zhengsheng on Saturday led a central government delegation to visit the old Silk Road area of Kashgar, ahead of the 60th anniversary of founding of Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.
- China's top political advisor Yu Zhengsheng will lead a central government delegation to attend festivities marking the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, said an official on Thursday.
- Karamay has opened Xinjiang's first wild animal specimen museum. The museum, located in Urho district, has 108 preserved rare wild animals, 15 of which are wildlife species designated for protection by the national government.
- The president of the Islamic Association of China said the association will stick to the direction of adapting Islam to Chinese society as the association held a banquet in Beijing to celebrate the Eid al-Adha on Wednesday.
- The Belt and Road Industry Alliance commenced operations in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region’s capital of Urumqi on Sept 17.
- A delegation of 22 young teachers from China Petroleum University (Beijing) visited its Xinjiang campus on Sept.6, Karamay Daily reported. The delegation, led by University vice president Chen Da'en, visited the teaching buildings, dormitories, and libraries of the Xinjiang Campus.
- The Xinjiang Autonomous Region Urban Public Transport Innovation Forum was held in Karamay on Sep. 15. During the two-day forum, managers of 13 urban public transport companies in Northern Xinjiang exchanged experience in urban public transportation.
- The Second Silk Road International Arts Festival began in Xi'an earlier this month, with monthlong exhibitions, dramas, dances and concerts planned by visiting artists and officials from countries that shared trade and cultural links with China along a network of overland and marine routes in...
- Investment in the Belt and Road projects could kick off as early as within the next 12 months, DBS Hong Kong managing director Alex Cheung Kin-sang said.
- Urumqi presented 24 projects at the China International Fair for Investment and Trade in the hope of securing investment. The fair was held in Xiamen, Fujian province from Sept 8 to 11 and featured a number of meetings regarding the development of the Silk Road Initiative, international...
- An evening party featuring Indian dances was held in Xi’an city, Shaanxi province on Sept 17, to mark the commencement of the Second Silk Road International Art Festival.
- China is reinforcing the role of the Internet in the strategic Belt and Road Initiative, and vows to build an "online Silk Road" which will connect and benefit both China and Arab countries, a meeting was told on Thursday.
- DUBAI - The China-proposed "Belt and Road" initiatives will reinforce Dubai's role as trade and logistics hub in the region, a senior economic official said on Sunday.
- Situated inland in Northwest China and north of the Great Wall, the Ningxia Hui autonomous region, a major Muslim area, has been striving to open up and strengthen its cultural and economic ties with the world, especially the Arab community. It will host the 2015 China-Arab States Expo from...
- With high snow mountains, endless desert and vast grassland, the beauty of Xinjiang is undoubtedly breathtaking. For those who live there, they might just say the land gives them energy and reasons for life. Li Yizu, an offspring of expats who has spent most of his life in Xinjiang, is definitely...
- Kyana Poppy Downs, daughter of Canadian host Christopher Downs and a participant in the third season of reality parenting show "Dad! Where are we going?", reacts during a filming session in Turpan of Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.
- A girl eats grapes, tourists taste grapes, locals dressed in traditional ethnic costumes introduce various types of grapes at the 24th Grape Festival in Turpan, in the Xinjiang Uighur autonomous region in Northwest China on August 20, 2015.
- Models present Atlas silk in the Taklimakan Desert in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, Aug 25, 2015. The three models, from Hotan prefecture, Moyu county and Luopu county, are winners of the "Atlas Queen" contest held in Xinjiang recently.
- Cheng Guoping, the deputy foreign minister led a delegation and visited Urumqi Economic and Technological Development Zone in Toutunhe district in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on Aug 21.
- YINCHUAN - Ningxia Hui autonomous region, which has the largest Hui population in China, began sending Muslims on the annual Mecca pilgrimage on Monday.
- Performers dance during the traditional "Anzhaonadun" festival, at Minhe Hui and Tu autonomous county in Haidong city, Northwest China's Qinghai province, Aug 25, 2015. The traditional "Anzhaonadun", which means "hearty entertainment" in Tu language, is an annual...
- The Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region covers one-sixth of China's land area and one-fourth of its land border. Six decades of fast-paced development have transformed Xinjiang into an important window of the country's opening-up, and an indispensable strategic and protective shield in western China.
- The Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region has many advantages as a trade and commerce corridor. It occupies a central position in Eurasia, borders eight countries, boasts of 29 land customs ports, and has the Eurasian Land Bridge railway running through it. Plus, being a core zone of China's...
- The China Philharmonic Orchestra held a concert in Odeon of Herodes Atticus as the last leg of its 2015 Silk Road Concert Tour held in Athens, capital of Greece, Aug 19, drawing to a successful close of the 18-day and six-country concert tour.
- Gansu Provincial Museum, located on the banks of the Yellow River, is an integrative local history museum renowned at home and abroad for its long history and abundant and characteristic cultural relics collection.
- LANZHOU - A freight-train service between Hamburg, Germany, and Gansu province in Northwest China opened Friday.
- Shaanxi, which was home to the headquarters of the central committee of the Communist Party of China during the anti-Japanese War, will hold a number of activities to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the victory against the Japanese.
- Whenever Chinese people celebrated Anti-Japanese War victory in August, Zhang Tianzhu would recall his encounter with two pilots of Flying Tigers and hoped to meet them again.
- The city of Xi’an in Shaanxi province opened a lamp exhibition at the Bell Tower in the city center on Aug 12, according to xinhuanet.com.
- The 2015 China International Fair for Investment & Trade is to kick off in Xiamen on Sept 8. The fair will offer the participants the opportunity of joining in China's One Belt One Road Initiative by organizing themed seminars and match making activities.
- Chengdu railway bureau will launch two additional train services to Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region from Chengdu and Chongqing on Sept 1-12, in a move to manage heavy demand during that period.
- The Second Silk Road International Arts Festival will be held in Xi'an, capital of West China's Shaanxi province, from Sept 7 to 21.
- Visitors examine a sculpture at Silk Road Lights, an exhibition at the Gansu Grand Theater in Lanzhou, Gansu province, Aug 17, 2015. Sixty-eight artists and art critics from China and South Korea are attending the four-day event which started on Monday. Sixty-five sculptures are on display....
- The Urumqi State High-tech Industrial Zone has been a key driver in transforming the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region into a key area along the Silk Road Economic Belt.
- One Belt and One Road Long March for Expo Milano 2015, aimed at revisiting the ancient Silk Road, will see artists, documentary filmmakers and others embark on an extended road trip from Shanghai to Milan, Italy, organizers announced on Aug 8. The campaign is jointly hosted by China Art...
- A framework agreement established a higher vocational education colleges union among Inner Mongolia, Ningxia and Shaanxi.
- A Sino-Russian concert lit up Lanzhou, capital of Northwest China's Gansu province on the evening of Aug 6, with several famous Chinese and Russian artists performing.
- A daytime visit to the Huaqing Palace in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, is remarkably different from coming here by night, when it turns into a natural stage with Mount Lishan as the backdrop.
- Photo taken on Aug 10, 2015 shows the excavation site of Jiren Taigoukou Ruins in Qialege'e village in Nilka county in Ili Valley, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.
- Home to a variety of ethnic groups, the Urumqi State High-tech Industrial Zone in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region has taken great steps in maintaining a harmonious environment.
- A cheerful Kazakh folk dance kicks off the Kazakh evening party at the Fourth China Xinjiang International Dance Festival in Karamay, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on July 29.
- The city of Karamay in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region held the 2015 China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Forum on Aug 11.
- Archaeologists excavate an ancient tomb at the site of a tomb complex at Mount Pingding, Zhaobishan township, Kazak autonomous county of Mori, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, Aug 2, 2015.
- Three designers pose with their works that are made from old auto parts and construction materials at a studio in Hutubi county, Changji Hui autonomous prefecture, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.
- The government of Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region has decided to streamline the application process for local citizens looking to obtain a passport.
- Dancing in the park has become a new lifestyle for people in Economic and Technological Development Zone, in Urumqi city, the capital of Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. As every night, more than one hundred residents dance in the local Tiexi Park.
- VENICE - Key agreements and fruitful talks were the harvest of a forum held in Venice on Thursday about the role of China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative in strengthening relations between cities in China, Italy and other countries on the Silk Road route.
- Yangzhou in Jiangsu province will hold a food festival featuring selective cuisines from the Silk Road countries, Italian food in particular, on Sept 11.
- LANZHOU - China's Belt and Road Initiative has set one of the country's western provinces up for tourism-led growth. Northwestern China's Gansu province, known for its Mogao Buddha grottoes and Silk Road relics, is seeing more growth from tourism than traditional heavy industries.
- Residents and visitors to Urumqi were able to enjoy more than 600 paintings and photographs at an exhibition at the Xinjiang International Conference and Exhibition Center from July 23 to 26.
- Tourists enjoy prairie scenery in Sunan Yugur autonomous county, Northwest China's Gansu province, July 29, 2015. Silk Road travel is increasingly popular among tourists from home and abroad. Gansu, a key corridor of the historic trading route, received 18.717 million person-time of tourists with...
- From July 25 to 26, the Maritime Silk Road Tourism Belt promotion delegation organized by CNTA launched a two-day sales campaign for Chinese tourism products at the Berjaya Times Square in Kuala Lumpur, the capital city of Malaysia.
- Photo shows a camel caravan that stretches for nearly one kilometer under the Singing Sands Mountain. Famous scenic spots in Dunhuang, including the Singing Sands Mountain and the Crescent Moon Lake, usher in the peak tourist season this summer
- The Provincial Development and Reform Commission is accelerating to build the key project base for the construction of Shaanxi as an important site of the national strategy of the Silk Road economic belt and marine Silk Road in the 21st century (hereinafter referred as One Belt, One Road) so as...
- To meet the increasing need of international medical service, Office of Medical Service for Foreigners was set up to provide better and more efficient medical services for expatriates in Xi’an.
- On the morning of June 19, the Silk Road Tourism Ministerial Meeting and the Seventh UNWTO Silk Road Tourism International Conference was held in Xi'an.
- Dancing Uzbek Flower, a dance performance by the Uzbekistan National Dance Association, was put on stage in Karamay, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on July 21, raising the curtain on the Fourth China Xinjiang International Dance Festival.
- The Internet can be dangerous when used to spread religious extremism, but it can also be a positive tool in connecting Muslims in isolated far-west China to the world.
- A modern food industrial park, set to be the largest food processing base in northern parts of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, started construction in Karamay early July.
- Karamay's third train ticket office opened in Tong'an International Travel Agency on June 28. The new ticket office was built to bring more convenience to residents in the northern part of the city to easily buy train tickets, according to Zhu Hebin, director of Tong'an Travel Agency.
- Millions of Muslims across China began celebrating Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, on Friday.
- As an extension of the China-Eurasia Expo, the 2015 Eurasia Commodity and Trade Expo will be a highly practical and professional one, boasting leading commodities from Xinjiang and Eurasian countries, according to the organizing committee of the EACT Expo.
- The 2015 Eurasia Commodity and Trade Expo will open on Aug 12 in Urumqi, the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.
- A delegation led by Li Jianhua, secretary of Ningxia Hui autonomous region’s Party Committee and Liu Hui, chairman of the region took an official visit to Inner Mongolia autonomous region from July 13 to 15.
- "The first time I came to the countryside in northern Yinchuan, Ningxia, I felt the confidence and power of the people here—men or women, the Hui people or the Han people—from their simple and dark faces," I said to an elderly man.
- Flight CZ 6035 is about to take off for its first flight in Lanzhou Zhongchuan International Airport in Lanzhou, capital city of Northwest China's Gansu province, July 16, 2015.
- An international flight linking Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu province, with the Belarusian capital of Minsk, is expected to be launched in 2015, according to a memorandum of cooperation signed by the two sides on July 8 in Lanzhou.
- The 2015 Hercules Chinese Open kicked off in Dibu county in Northwest China's Gansu province on July 10. Sixteen world-class strong men from four countries participated in the event.
- A helicopter lands at a base in Xi'an, Northwest China's Shaanxi province, July 13, 2015. Didi Dache, China's leading taxi-hailing app and backed by Tencent Holdings, has joined with China Xi'an Airventure Association...
- More than 170 university students from 14 countries and regions will stay in Xi'an, the capital of Northwest China's Shaanxi province, for two weeks to share innovative ideas, boost friendship and form a consensus on social development services in the cultural and ideological communion.
- The International Trade and Logistics Park in the city of Xi’an, Shaanxi province, signed an agreement with the Kazakhstan State-owned Railway Company on June 24.
- The 21st Lanzhou Investment and Trade Fair was launched in Gansu province on July 6 and will last until July 11. This year's fair is themed on promoting cooperation among the countries and regions along the Silk Road - an ancient trade route stretching from China through Central Asia and on to...
- Yangzhou in Jiangsu province will hold a food festival featuring selective cuisines from the Silk Road countries, Italian food in particular, on Sept 11.
- The first direct flight between Hong Kong and Dunhuang in Gansu province was successfully completed on June 29. Flight number A320 is operated by the low-cost airline, HK Express and connects the two cities.
- The 21st China Lanzhou Investment and Trade Fair – also known as Lanzhou Fair — was held in Lanzhou, capital of Gansu province, from July 6-11. The fair, which was held at the International Convention and Exhibition Center, is one of the most important fairs in West China.
- It is the Muslim holy month of Ramadan -- a season of fasting and spiritual reflection. Omar Ali, 44, gets up at 5:30 am, just before dawn, to take the only food and drink he will have all day until the sun goes down again.
- Kazak herdsmen pack their tents and transport their livestock to greener pastures in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region in September, 2007, ahead of the arrival of winter. It is a tradition for them to migrate between summer and winter pastures annually.
- URUMQI - An expressway between Urumqi and Kashgar in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, northwest China, opened Wednesday, the final section of a route that creates a "seamless" north-south connection in the region.
- After researching Maritime Silk Road relic sites in Nanjing for years, a Chinese professor is working with researchers from Beihai, Guangzhou, Zhangzhou, Quanzhou, Ningbo, Yangzhou, Penglai, Fuzhou and more cities to seek UNESCO World Heritage status for the ancient route.
- A freight train hauling 49 containers of cargo worth $3 million began a 9,820-km journey from Harbin, Heilongjiang province to the German port city of Hamburg. It entered Russia from Manzhouli, Inner Mongolia, joined the Trans-Siberian railway line and then headed to Yekaterinburg, Moscow and...
- An art institution is founded at Beijing's Central Academy of Fine Arts to explore and revitalize the cultural heritage of ancient Silk Road.
- Silk is a commodity that has connected China with far-reaching parts of the world through hands of traders and diplomats over the past 3,000 years. As the home of silk, Jiangsu - a properous province in East China - is proud to display its cultural and social silk heritage.
- LANZHOU - A grand Buddhist ritual, offered by the 11th Panchen Lama's guru Jamyang Gaytso, attracted thousands of devotees and tourists in northwest China's Gansu Province.
- The 8th International Herbage Seed Group(IHSG) Conference commencedat Lanzhou University on June 22. The conference is one the biggest in the world in the seed industry and within herbage seed academic circles.
- Since its inclusion on the world cultural heritage list, the section of the Silk Road in Shaanxi province has attracted growth in both tourism and protection, said the province's cultural heritage authority.
- Shaanxi province received approximately 12 million visitors during the three-day Dragon Boat Festival holiday from June 20 to 22. The number of visitors represents a rise of 16.53 percent compared to the previous year
- Being interested in desert and Chinese Silk Road culture, 24 high-school students from Germany have come to experience the desert corridors along this ancient trading route in Zhangye city, Northwest China's Gansu province.
- A direct flight route Lanzhou-Hong Kong was officially launched on June 10. Flights on the route will operate every Wednesday by HK Express - Hong Kong's first and only low-cost carrier – with the use of an Airbus A320.
- Experts from the countries along the Silk Road Economic Belt gathered in the city of Xi’an, Shaanxi province, for the Thematic Sessions of the 7th UNWTO International Meeting on Silk Road Tourism, on June 18, according to xinhuanet.com.
- Rock carvings discovered in Duogate cave in Habahe county, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region. Archeologists have discovered 893 rock carvings in about 20 sites around the county, with the earliest dating from around 10,000 years ago.
- XI'AN -- China on Thursday kicked off the Silk Road tourism year in Xi'an, capital of Northwest China's Shaanxi province, to attract more visitors on the ancient Silk Road which linked China with central Asian nations.
- Visitors at present are able to enter Dunhuang city's famous tourist attractions of Crescent Moon Spring and Singing Sand Mountains in Gansu province with one ticket, valid for three days, said officials at the Dunhuang Tourism Promotion held in Gansu on June 17.
- The Beijing-Dunhuang-Korla flight completed its maiden voyage on May 17. The flight CA1279, was managed by Air China and is the first flight to fly from Beijing to Korla in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region via Dunhuang, Gansu province.
- A large group of tea merchants on camels and horses from Northwest China's Shaanxi province pass through a stop on the ancient Silk Road, Gansu's Zhangye city during their journey to Kazakhstan, May 5, 2015.
- A total of 100 railway lines will link Xinjiang to the rest of China this year, which is expected to bring 100,000 more visitors to the autonomous region, local tourism authorities and China Railway Group jointly announced on Wednesday.
- China Golden Silk Jade Museum opened in Karamay, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, the jade's birthplace, on May 22.
- The 39th International Museum Day was celebrated with various activities in Karamay, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, on May 18. The city museum of Karamay organized several events to mark the special day.
- The Fourth Xi'an International Wine Festival kicked off at the International Trade and Logistics Park in Xi’an city, Shaanxi province, on June 30.
- URUMQI - China Southern Airlines will begin operating Xinjiang's first direct flight to St. Petersburg in Russia on July 16, it announced on Tuesday.
- URUMQI -- Railway authorities in China's far western Xinjiang region on Wednesday launched a cargo train service linking its regional capital of Urumqi with Moscow.
- The first police helicopter in Gansu province was put into service on June 9, and started patrolling over the urban area of Lanzhou, capital of Gansu.
- The High School Affiliated to Lanzhou University in Lanzhou, Gansu province has come up with an innovative idea for its graduation day: it held a waltz prom on June 3.
- Hao Linhai remembers well a speech he delivered to the International Organization of Vine and Wine in 2012 on Ningxia's accession to the organization as an observer, when he received applause as well as questions about the quality of wines from China.
- The annual 24th Silk Road Grape Festival in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region's Turpan provided tourists and journalists across China with a grand opening ceremony on August 20.
- French retail giant Carrefour SA signed a procurement agreement on Friday for 3,000 metric tons of Hami melons in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region to further expand its presence in western China.
- The first eco parking lot has begun construction in the Toutunhe district of Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, according to the district's forestry administration.
- The 2015 Lanzhou International Marathon will kick off in Lanzhou, capital of Gansu province at 7:30 am on June 13. The preparatory works have already been finalized, according to the event's organizing committee.
- Lanzhou city celebrated the "Nadam Fair", a traditional Mongolian festival on May 30 for the people of Mongolian ethnic group living away from home.
- According to the Gansu Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Bureau, Gansu seeks to improve its vegetable quality safety regulatory system by popularizing biological and low toxic pesticides and increasing the pesticides utilization efficiency.
- Xi'an Port signed a cooperation memorandum with the Ningbo Port of Zhejiang province at the International Trade and Logistics Park in Xi’an city, Shaanxi province, on May 23.
- A number of foreign delegations recently paid visits to Karamay city, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region, and were received by Karamay mayor Zhang Hongyan on April 26. The visiting foreign delegations were from cities of Iskitim and Novosibirsk in Russia and Gwadar from Pakistan.
- Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region has started to improve travel services to boost tourism after the sector was hit hard last year as a result of terrorist attacks.
- A delegation from the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region reached deals valued at nearly 100 million yuan ($16.12 million) at the 73th Pharm China – a national medicine fair held in Shanghai – on May 15.
- BEIJING-- China's Ministry of Finance said on Wednesday it has concluded negotiations with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on projects in western border counties in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.
- The city of Lanzhou in Northwest China's Gansu province reopened the Lanzhou Water Museum to the public for free on May 24, after six months of reconstruction work.
- XI'AN - Tayyrbek Sarpashev, deputy prime minister of Kyrgyzstan, has had busy and fruitful days at the Silk Road International Exposition, which started on Friday in Northwest China's Xi'an city.
- MILAN -- Tourism exchange and cooperation was at the center of a memorandum signed between Chinese provinces and Italian regions on Friday here at the China Pavilion of Expo Milano 2015.
- The Fifth Xinjiang Teenagers' Science Festival opened in Karamay Science and Technology Museum on April 28. The young science and technology talent in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region impressed the attendants with their skillful display.
- For the past 50 years, Chinese ink artist Lin Feng has lived in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. The people and culture of the area has had a major impact on him.
- A Pakistani delegation visited the No 1 Middle School in Karamay, an oil-rich city in the northern part of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, on April 27, to explore school-management models and hold consultations with teachers and students.
- Linxia Hui autonomous prefecture in Northwest China's Gansu province will redouble its efforts to support free pre-school education in 2015, according to local authorities.
- Gansu province's efforts to promote its Silk Road culture helped attract many visitors to its exhibition hall at the 11th China (Shenzhen) International Cultural Industry Fair (ICIF) in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, on May 14-18.
- Nurses from the Gansu Provincial Maternity and Child-care Hospital exhibited handcrafts on May 12 to celebrate the International Nurses Day. The handcrafts, which the nurses called "innovations", were made to better serve the patients.
- The Chamber of Commerce of Xinjiang Development was established in Toutunhe district of Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, on May 12. The organization consists of 84 enterprises.
- The Urumqi Economic and Technological Development Zone (UETD) in Toutunhe district, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, held various activities on May 14 to mark the National Day for Helping the Disabled.
- President Xi Jinping treated Prime Minister Narendra Modi to an all-vegetarian banquet that included traditional Chinese delicacies in Xi’s home town, Xi’an, last night.
- An Indian chef cooks food at the Delhi Indian Restaurant in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi province, May 12, 2015. The restaurant specialized in Indian food has attracted lots of Chinese during the past 7 years.
- The tourism industry of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, which was hit hard in 2014 because the fear of random terrorist attacks made some people choose not to the region, has begun to recover in 2015 as the social situation becomes more stable, according to the regional tourism bureau.
- A huge body of glacier has collapsed in China's Xinjiang, burying more than 100 cattle, crushing dozens of houses and damaging 1,000 hectares of grassland, local government said on Saturday.
- Xi'an city in Northwest China's Shaanxi province held a sun-rain umbrella conference at the Silk Road Starting Point Relics Museum on May 12, according to xinhuanet.com.
- The International Trade and Logistics Park in Xi’an city, Shaanxi province, will hold the Fourth International Wine Festival on May 30.
- The Crescent Moon Spring scenic area in Dunhuang city, in Northwest China's Gansu province, is an ideal destination for many tourists to view the desert scenery during the International Workers' Day weekend from May 1 to 3.
- A delegation from Northwest China's Gansu province inked $156.82 million worth of agreements at the 117th China Import and Export Fair (Canton Fair). Compared to the last fair, this year's deals saw an increase of 2.17 percent, according to the Gansu Commerce Department.
- Euphrates poplar forests in Karamay in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region can be found in three different locations, Baikouquan Lake area, Urho district and Xiaoguai area, the latter being only 30 kilometers away from the city center.
- Urumqi and Changji in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region will host the Third West China Symphony Week from June 2 to 8.
- MINSK - Belarus is willing to become one of the platforms in Eurasia for the implementation of China's Silk Road Economic Belt initiative, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said in a recent interview with Xinhua.
- DUBAI - China's Belt and Road Initiative will bring more Chinese investment and Asian passengers to Africa, African civil aviation officials said on Sunday.
- Journalists from the People's Daily recently visited Gongliu county in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, to experience the county's development with the support from Zhangjiagang city in Jiangsu province.
- Tourist shuttle buses appeared in Huiyuan ancient city, located in Huiyuan town in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, during the International Workers' Day holiday from May 1-3. The buses were introduced by Huiyuan's local tourism bureau to facilitate visitors.
- The National Road No 335 linking Karamay and Urumqi is in the planning phase and when completed, is expected to shorten the travelling time and distance between the two cities, according to Karamay Daily.
- Hero Manas, a dance drama originating from a heroic epic in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region will make its debut in mid-May in Wuxi, Jiangsu province.
- The 4th Gansu International Car Trade Fair was held at the Gansu International Convention and Exhibition Center in Lanzhou, Gansu province, from April 29 to May 4.
- Ten customs houses in nine provinces and autonomous regions along the proposed Silk Road Economic Belt signed a cooperation agreement on integrated regional customs clearance procedures in Qingdao on April 27, according to the Qingdao Daily.
- Crew members greet passengers to board the newly launched high-end train at a railway station in Yinchuan, Northwest China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region, Jan 26, 2015.
- Over the last few years, Urumqi city has become a major freight transfer station, exporting Chinese goods to the West and Central Asian countries.
- The civil aviation authority will optimize flight routes between the Pearl River Delta and northwestern regions to release more airspace for airlines and improve punctuality.
- The city of Jiayuguan in Northwest China's Gansu province plans to promote four travel routes in 2015, according to a press conference held on April 20.
- Authorities in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region plan to transform the area into a hub for international medical tourism and attract patients from across Central Asia. Cui Jia reports from Urumqi.
- A large group of junior middle school students from Karamay went on a study tour in Gansu province. Students were divided into teams and went on two different itineraries. One group travelled around Lanzhou, capital of Gansu province, and visited Silver Beach Wetland Park, Gansu Museum, Liujiaxia...
- URUMQI - Sandstorms swept parts of Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Monday, lowering visibility to zero. Large areas of Xinjiang including Urumqi, Changji, Hotan and Kashgar saw dusty weather starting from 9 am.
- Xinjiang residents can now receive their online orders within a day thanks to the online retailer, Vipshop, who recently established a regional headquarter in the province. Vipshop's new headquarter project will be located in Urumqi's Economic and Technological Development Zone in Toutunhe district
- Pingchuan district is a prominent ceramics producer in Gansu province, and it is expected to build two more industrials parks and add another 30 ceramics assembly lines to achieve an annual output exceeding 3 billion yuan, during the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-2020) period.
- Doctors from Karamay Central Hospital carried out a hip surgery with the aid of robotic navigation technology and positioning on March 14. It marks the first time that robotic surgery in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.
- The Lotus, a dance drama featuring Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes in Gansu province, will impress local residents in Qingdao, Shandong province, on April 25, the Qingdao Daily reported on April 21.
- URUMQI - A comprehensive bonded zone was opened in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region's border city of Kashgar on Monday. The zone was approved by the State Council in September and passed joint assessment led by the General Administration of Customs in January.
- Laurence Xu is not only a designer sought after by Chinese movie stars, but also a darling of the Paris fashion world. The year 2015 is a big one for Laurence Xu. On Jan 27, Xu became the first Chinese designer to present a catwalk show for two years running at the Paris Haute Couture Fashion...
- DUBAI - China's Belt and Road initiatives will strengthen Dubai's role as a global hub for trade and logistics, local officials said on Monday."With Dubai being in the geographical center of the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia, the emirate is poised to expand its role as a trade hub...
- Dunhuang Airport, in Northwest China's Gansu province started to carry out new flight schedules for the summer and autumn season on March 29. During the summer and autumn season, the airport is expected to run 11 air routes linking 14 cities, including Wuhan, Yinchuan, Changsha and Hangzhou.
- Recent archeological discoveries in China may lead to fresh look at Silk Road history. Wang Kaihao reports.Many archeological discoveries in China last year have shed a new light on the history of the Silk Road and have the potential to trigger the rewriting of textbooks.
- Guangdong is an important birthplace of the Maritime Silk Road. Xuwen county in Zhanjiang, which is rich in cultural relics of the Han Dynasty, is one of the ports of origin in the Han Dynasty. Much efforts have been made to excavate research, conserve, and develop the ancient Silk Road culture...
- LANZHOU - The number of wild pandas in northwest China's Gansu Province increased 15 percent to 132 between 2001 and the end of 2014, according to official survey results released on Friday.
- Province prepares for crucial role in economic initiative, Xue Chaohua and Liu Xiangrui report. Gansu province in Northwest China is actively integrating itself into the national strategy of the "One Belt, One Road" Initiative proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping.
- The ceremony to worship Sima Qian was held in Hancheng, Shaanxi province, Sima Qian's native place on March 29. Thousands of people from both home and abroad, including descendants of Sima Qian, experts and scholars and tourists gathered to honor his memory. Sima Qian, was a Chinese historian of...
- Arrangements for Muslims in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region who wish to take part in State-organized visits to Mecca for the annual hajj pilgrimage are being enhanced by the local authorities.
- Chinese archeologists have found the oldest processed wheaten food remains ever unearthed in the country, indicating people ate bread-like food 2,600 to 2,900 years ago.
- In response to high demand, Xinjiang Parlak Import and Export Trading Company, a local carpet enterprise in Urumqi's Toutunhe district, is expected to upgrade its technologies and build Xinjiang's first carpet industry demonstration park.
- Lebanon's leading Fransabank said Wednesday that it cooperated with China's UnionPay to issue credit cards, a move aimed at enhancing the "Silk Road" which once linked the Far East to the Middle East.
- Fujian is to be the core area of the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, Chinese authorities said in an action plan issued on March 28. The initiative proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2013 refers to the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road.
- Xidian University in Shaanxi Province has developed handwriting input for the Uygur and Tibetan languages, which are used by millions of ethnic minorities in China, after seven years of research and development, according to an announcement on Tuesday.
- On February 2, 2015, the first trip sea-rail transport from Xi'an to Huangdao Port by Xi'an Railway Bureau was officially opened.Its opening broke through the railway channel from Shaanxi to Europe and the US, marking that a new international railway pattern starting from Shaanxi to Central Asia...
- The Xi'an to Yinchuan high-speed rail project, approved by the National Development and Reform Commission by 2014, will start construction in late 2015
- Guozigou ranch in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region held various activities on March 21 to mark the Nowruz festival.
- The Tourist Administration of Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region has drafted a pilot plan to offer subsidies for tourists to visit the region, local news portal reported on Thursday.
- Recently, the global HR consultation enterprise Mercer published its 2015 global urban life rankings of major cities to provide references to multinationals when they send employees to station overseas. Vienna, the capital city of Austria, once again stayed on the top. Of Chinese cities, Xi'an,...
- To open up the European market for Shaanxi tourism and attract more foreign tourists to travel to Shaanxi, the Shaanxi Provincial Tourism Bureau will participate in the Joint Advertising Activity of the "2015 Beautiful China-Silk Road on the Continent" Tourism Promotion Campaign...
- The Provincial Development and Reform Commission of Shaanxi, Provincial Agriculture Department, Office of Foreign Affairs of Shaanxi, Xi'an Customs, Shaanxi Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, Xi'an International Trade and Logistics Park and Shaanxi Provincial Fruit Burea
- Urumqi city's Toutunhe district in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region will offer more support to help local companies build their brands and achieve a larger market share, according to a senior official of the district's economic development commission.
- The Xinjiang Oilfield Company Logistic Administration held spring calligraphy and painting exhibition on March 10. Approximately 130 artworks were presented to the public in the Karamay's Shan Zhiyang Art Gallery.
- Images of the rare snow leopard have been captured in the Tianshan Mountains in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, researchers said on Wednesday.
- The Silk Road Economic Belt Tourist Distribution Center, located in Toutunhe district at the Urumqi Economic and Technological Development Zone (UETD) in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region began construction on Feb. 26. The Tourist Distribution Center is one of the projects of high-speed rail...
- The cultural center in Huocheng county in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, held the activity to hand out couplets for the Spring Festival. The event was held in Qingshui district on Feb 15 to celebrate the festival.
- Two residents from Han and Kazak groups performed Tai Chi Sword at a party held in Karamay in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on Jan 16.
- China's largest exhibit base for Akhal-Teke horses lies in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. The base boasts some 50 Akhal-Teke horses, each worth at least one million yuan (about $160,000).
- According to Xinhua News Agency, the certificate giving ceremony by the IUCN Green List to Chinese nature reserves was held in Beijing on the 30th, six Chinese nature reserves, including the Changqing National Nature Reserve in Shaanxi Province were put into the International Union for...
- China's first public trading center of Xinjiang golden silk jade opened in Karamay, a jade-rich city in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on Jan 1.
- Trade between China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region and Russia grew more than threefold last year amid a slowdown in the region's foreign trade due to falling commodity prices, customs statistics showed on Saturday.
- The government of Mohuer, which is located in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, paid great attention to the development of its local cultural industry and tried to encourage farmers and herdsmen to take part in cultural activities, in 2014.
- The administration of culture, radio, film and television in the county of Huocheng, in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region has given out 410 sets of free "Hu Hu Tong"– direct broadcast satellite radio and television equipment - to the farmers and herdsmen.
- After nine years living and working in the Chinese capital, the Xinjiang-born 33-year-old speaks with a Beijing accent. "Unless people know my name or my colleagues introduce me, strangers don't know I'm a Uygur from my speech or mannerisms," he said with smile.
- A series of colorful silk paintings about the 56 ethnic groups in China were put on display at a community artwork exhibition in Karamay, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on Jan 8 and enjoyed a favorable reception.
- The city of Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, set up a female entrepreneurs' association on Jan 28, with 5,000 members who engage in resources, medicine, real estate, agriculture, trade, cosmetics and other fields.
- Huocheng county, in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, held an entrepreneurs' investment seminar on Jan 19, with the county’s vice head, Li Yaqin, and Yang Huozhou, the chairman of the Xinjiang Duolong Investment Co. on hand to discuss Huocheng's investment potential.
- Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has announced plans to build more roads to remote villages.
- Mr. Liu Xinjun luckily became the one millionth traveler of Xi’an Xianyang International airport as KE 807 landed safely on the airport, which symbolized that the annual through put of international travelers of the Airport exceeded for the first time one million, scoring a record high in the...
- The 1 223 km eastern section of the Urumqi - Lanzhou Passenger-Dedicated Line between Hami and Lanzhou was opened for passenger service on December 26, little more than a month after the 553 km western section between Urumqi and Hami was opened on November 17.
- China tied the restive far-western region of Xinjiang closer to the rest of the country Friday, opening a high-speed rail line between its capital Urumqi and Lanzhou, in neighbouring Gansu, nearly 1,800 kilometres away.
- The longest rail link in the world is operational, after a train carrying goods from China arrived in the Spanish capital, Madrid, last month. The railway has been dubbed the 21st-century Silk Road'...
- High-speed trains, high-tech ports, China's new trade network is vast, fast and hugely ambitious."A whirlwind," "Win-win," "The new normal." China's slogans have clearly had a facelift since the time when the best on offer was "Socialism is good." So has...
- China's religious and cultural relics from Dunhuang's ancient grottoes are on show at the Hong Kong Heritage Museum. They may not have achieved the global renown of the Great Wall and the Terracotta Warriors, but it could be argued that Dunhuang's ancient grottoes are China's most important...
- China's northwest regions are planning to invest more in infrastructure, tourism and tourism-related industries to attract more visitors to the ancient Silk Road that linked China with central Asian nations.
- Chinese archaeologists are examining claims that the area has long been home to a number of different races, report Cui Jia in Alar and Gao Bo in Turpan, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region of China.
- At the 4th Yuzhong Ice and Snow Festival, which opened on Dec 12, at Xinglong Mountain, in Gansu province, there were thousands of tourists warmed up and ready to ski and was and enjoy Xinglong Mountain’s 10th season.
- Premier Li Keqiang's visits to Kazakhstan and Serbia are focused on promoting the Silk Road Economic Belt. On Monday, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang joined his counterparts for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization's annual prime minister's meeting, held in Astana, Kazakhstan. He then headed to...
- China's initiatives on building the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, popularly known as the Belt and Road Initiatives, has entered a more practical phase of fulfillment, a leading Chinese think tank has said.
- An exhibition about the history and culture of the Sino-African Maritime Silk Road has opened up in the Tanzanian capital Dar es Salaam.
- The first "A pilgrimage to Dunhuang" National Calligraphy Exhibition kicked off at Datang art gallery, in the city of Dunhuang, in Gansu province, on Dec 12th.
- While rail links offer viable alternatives for European-China trade, cost and other challenges remain. Amand Song picks up one of her two mobile phones. At the other end of the line is a potential customer from Ningbo, a large, east coast port city, inquiring about the cost of sending a container...
- Initiatives that extend financial support to infrastructure projects across Asia should help China win business and influence. China's ambitious plan to expand trade links westward into Central Asia in the spirit of the ancient Silk Road is taking shape now that the government has decided to...
- China's dream to revive a 2,000-year old trade route is emblematic of the country's two-speed reform process, according to Barclays. The legendary Silk Road, named after the lucrative Chinese silk business, spanned three continents until the end of the 14th century. Now, China is spearheading an...
- The ancient Silk Road trade route is being revived by China in the hope it leads to the 'Chinese Dream'.The Silk Road evokes a resplendent past of trade uniting ports and people, cities and cultures. Now, China is pursuing an ambitious back-to-the-future plan to revive such ancient trading links...
- A Maritime Silk Road international brand exposition is being held in Quanzhou, starting port city of ancient maritime Silk Route, in east China's Fujian Province.
- Three jade pieces from the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region took the Golden Prize at China’s Flower Industry Art contest for 2014, recently, drawing more attention to the region’s developments in jade carving
- The newest exhibit at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science is more than 1,000 years and takes visitors on a journey through the ancient trade route from China to the Roman Empire. It’s a journey that begins with tiny silkworms.
- A cemetery dating back roughly 1,700 years has been discovered along part of the Silk Road, a series of ancient trade routes that once connected China to the Roman Empire.
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- BEIJING—Chinese President Xi Jinping said Saturday that China will contribute $40 billion to its new Silk Road Fund designed to improve trade and transport links in Asia, according to the official Xinhua news agency.
- China welcomes participation of the United States in the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and the Silk Road Fund, Chinese President Xi Jinping said here Wednesday.
- There is a good chance that economic jockeying between China and Russia in Central Asia will intensify in the coming months. For Russia, Chinese economic expansion could put a crimp in President Vladimir Putin's grand plan for the Eurasian Economic Union.
- Beijing says it will spend $40 billion to revive the historic Silk Road and connect China with Central Asia, the Middle East and Europe - but this time, China will be the global power flexing its economic muscles.
- Earlier this month, China announced plans to invest an additional $140 billion into 25 new rail projects across the country and is sponsoring the modernization or deployment of new rail lines across Eurasia towards Europe as well, which has long led the world in mass transit with 24 of 27...
- The train roughly follows the fabled Silk Road, the ancient route linking China and Europe that was used to transport spices, gems and, of course, silks before falling into disuse six centuries ago. Now the overland route is being resurrected for a new precious cargo: several million laptop...
- (Reuters) - China plans to establish a new bank to fund development of the "New Silk Road", pouring billions of dollars into projects to revive intercontinental land routes and maritime links through central Asia, state media reported Thursday.
- Kazakhstan is building a dry port and rail yard at Khorgos, in the desert on its eastern border with China, that will help to realise China’s multibillion-dollar plans for a “New Silk Road”.
- Evidence of a snow leopard in a nature reserve in northwest China's Gansu Province has been discovered for the first time since 2006, said local authorities on Wednesday.
- The Yili Kazak autonomous prefecture's drama troupe performed a free show at the Langan village on Oct 30th, in the county of Huocheng, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, to enrich the lives of farmers and herdsmen.
- The 2014 Gansu Baiyin Off-road Championship will take place in Jingyuan county, Gansu province, in mid-November, the Chinese Federation of Automobile Sports has announced
- The Silk Road International Film festival, running Oct 19 - 25, is China's third biggest international film fair, after those in Beijing and Shanghai, and has at least 100 films on show at Xi'an cinemas, including China's Red Sorghum and Old Well, Russia's Dog's Heaven
- The city of Lanzhou, capital of Gansu province, held the 3rd International Culture Industry Summit and the 7th Gansu Culture Expo Oct 9-11, attracting around 500 guests from more than 60 countries and regions
- At Nanguan Mosque in Yinchuan, capital of Ningxia Hui autonomous region, thousands of Muslims performed a prayer ritual to observe the major Islamic festival to demonstrate faith and obedience to Allah.
- The Ejin Banner, in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, is at its most beautiful from the end of September to mid-October, when the golden Euphrates poplars and magnificent desert scenery turn Ejin into a fascinating destination for photographers and travelers.
- The Taiping Drum Dance in Lanzhou, Northwest China's Gansu province, is more than 600 years old. Taiping literally means "peace" in Chinese. The drum is shaped like a big cylinder, is about 70 centimeters high and 45 centimeters in diameter.
- The largest-ever preservation project at Dunhuang's Mogao Grottoes, a collection of ancient Buddhist cave artworks, has been completed with the official opening of an affiliated visitor center on Wednesday Sep 11th.
- The renowned Mogao Grottoes, a UNESCOWorld HeritageSite in Northwest China's Gansu province, have been protected from sand erosion and encroaching desert following 70 years of continuous effort, the site's administration said on Monday.
- About 40 kilometers away from the Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region's Urumqi city is Tianshan Grand Canyon, a beautiful scenic tourist attraction hidden in the mountains.
- Travel time from Beijing to Urumqi is about to be cut in half. China’s first high-altitude, high-speed railway tracks – stretching from Lanzhou to Xinjiang – were completed yesterday. It will open to traffic by the end of the year
- Chinese Muslims celebrate Eid al-Fitr holiday on 31st July by praying in mosque, preparing food and other activities; the festival is celebrated around China in Xinjiang, Ningxia, Beijing, Shanghai and other areas.
- Hohhot, capital of the Inner Mongolia autonomous region and the pearl of the grasslands is set to shine even brighter during China's campaign to boost the grasslands Silk Road economic belt.
- Nicknamed "Dunhuang", the Y667 Lanzhou-Dunhuang train started its maiden journey on July 10. According to the train schedule, the "Dunhuang" leaves Lanzhou at 6 p.m. and arrives in Dunhuang at 6:48 am the next day.
- As the "No 1 Strategic Pass in the World" and "the Steel City of West China", as it's called, Jiayuguan is the only city to combine both the Great Wall and Silk Road culture.
- Part of the millennium-old trade route, the Silk Road has been successfully included into the UNESCO World Heritage list at the 38th session of the World Heritage Committee in Doha. The application was jointly submitted by China, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. It is the first time China has...
- Shaanxi - the start of the ancient Silk Road - has positioned itself as the new starting point for the development of the Silk Road Economic Belt, which will strengthen China's cooperation with Central Asian countries, a senior official said.
- Tourism and cultural exchanges will be useful tools in building the new foundation for the Silk Road economic belt, officials and scholars from China's northwestern provinces said.
- China on Monday set up a 10 billion Yuan ($1.6 billion) fund to take forward its ambitious "maritime silk road plan" to build ports and boost maritime connectivity with Southeast Asian and Indian Ocean littoral countries.
- There have been a number of events to revive the storied Silk Road over the past two decades. Regional bodies as well as individual countries have touted plans that involved the ancient trade route, which linked Europe with Central Asia and China over a distance of around 7,000 kilometers.
- It is reported that the train will be used to test the first high speed railway to Xinjiang, which will shorten the trip between Lanzhou and Urumqi from 20 to 8 hours.
- The exhibition was debut in the Museum of Childhood in Indianapolis of the United States on May 10.
- China-South Korea International Symposium, co-sponsored by the Provincial Department of Commerce of Shaanxi and the Economy, Humanity and Society Research Association of South Korea, was held in Xi’an on April 24. South Korean President Park Geun-hye delivered a speech by video. Vice Governor...
- Guanzhong Development Forum in Xian Shaanxi focuses on the construction of the urban agglomeration and starting point of the Silk Road economic belt by China.
- China has for the first time released details of its recently announced "maritime Silk Road" plan, announcing that the Indian Ocean-focused initiative will prioritise building ports and improving infrastructure in littoral countries like Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
- More than 1,600 years ago, a 65-year old Chinese monk named Fa Xian (Fa-Hien) made his maiden pilgrimage to India to look for Buddhist scriptures. The route along which he travelled was later called the Silk Road, and the route he chose to go back to China via the Indian Ocean was named the...
- The Xi’an Wall and other walls ointly as China's Walls of Ming and Qing Dynasty to apply for the World Cultural Heritage and aim to be elected in the world cultural heritage shortlist by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage in 2016.
- The 5th Global Qin (Shaanxi) Businessmen Conference will be kicked off on May 21st in Xianyang, Shaanxi Province, followed by the 18th ITFCEW & Silk Road International Expo.
- Recently, the winner list of famous cultural tourism brands in six categories of famous cities, famous counties, famous towns, famous scenes, famous figures and slogans, was announced in the 2nd China’s cultural tourism brand construction and development summit.
- The Xinguanjiao Tunnel, the world's longest plateau rail tunnel on the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, was completed on Tuesday, local authorities said.
- URUMQI, April 12 -- Construction of a new railway in far west China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, which will eventually link the area with Kazakstan, got underway on Friday.
- Dunhuang provides one of the best gateways to some of China's most barren desert scenery. Huge dunes nearly 300 metres (1,000 feet) high, the Whispering Sands come right to the edge of the oasis, giving a more than adequate foretaste of the shifting sands of the inaccessible Taklimakan desert...
- One of the world's longest railways - a "modern-day silk road" - covers some 11,000 kilometres (24,000 miles) en route from the Chinese megacity of Chongqing to Duisburg, a key commercial hub in western Germany.
- Villagers in Linze county, Zhangye city in Northwest China's Gansu province, use nylon mesh on Thursday to press desert sand into a terrace before planting it with drought resistant plants.
- Students will pay HK$120,000 a year and have flexibility to study in Hong Kong and Xian. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology provost, professor Wei Shyy, says academic freedom will be respected at the new school.
- One of the world's longest railways - a "modern-day silk road" - covers some 11,000 kilometres en route from the Chinesee megacity of Chongqing to Duisburg, a key commercial hub in western Germany. It's an industrial marvel lauded by both nations as AFP's Estelle Peard discovered.
- DUSSELDORF, Germany, March 29 (Xinhua) - Chinese President Xi Jinping Saturday called on China and Germany to work together to build the Silk Road economic belt.Xi made the remarks during a visit to Port of Duisburg, the world's biggest inland harbor and a transport and logistics hub of Europe.
- Photos taken on March 25th and 26th show the scenery of blooming cole flowers in Hantai District of Hanzhong City, northwest China's Shaanxi Province. The beautiful cole flower fields attracted lots of visitors in this spring.
- Xi'an, March 23-- Direct flights between Xi'an, an ancient Chinese capital and a top tourist destination, and Helsinki, capital of Finland, are expected to be resumed on March 30, according to Finland's major airline Finnair on Sunday.
- Representatives from the Chinese market department of UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) in eastern England visited the Xi’an Trade and Logistics Park (ITL) in Northwest China’s Shaanxi province on March 14, itl.gov.cn reported.
- The city of Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, got a visit from a group of staff workers from the World Citizens Organization (WCO) on March 17. They arrived to discuss preparation work for the 2014 Silk Road Mayor Forum with the local government.
- According to the Gansu Provincial Forestry Department, three wetland parks have recently been approved by an assessor panel of national wetland parks. Accordingly, the province will have seven national wetland parks in total, gscn.com.cn, the official website of Gansu Provincial People’s...
- China has proposed a modern version of one of the ancient world's best-known trade routes, as Cui Jia reports.
- Photos taken on March 3, 2014 show the amazing landscape of the sunset in Habahe County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
- Located in Awati County in northwest China's Xinjiang, the Dolan Tribe is a state AAAA-class scenic spot. Visitors can fully enjoy the mysterious Dolan folk culture in the tribe.
- In 2013, Chinese leaders proposed to join with neighboring countries to construct the Silk Road economic belt and the 21st century Maritime Silk Road. The proposition was called the "one belt and one road".
- Kashgar will start providing duty-free shopping from 2015 as the Xinjiang city tries to build itself as a trade hub in Central Asia. Duty-free shops will open in a plaza covering 100,000 square meters, local authorities said on Saturday.
- Three hundred kilometers by high-speed rail between the cities of Eilat and Ashdod, connecting the Red Sea coast to the Mediterranean: They call it the "Red-Med" Project. Financed by Beijing and launched from Jerusalem, China has revealed its strategy for "West Asia" - the...
- China and Sri Lanka's joint work to build a "21st-century Maritime Silk Road" aims at peace and friendship, and China holds an open attitude to other countries seeking involvement in this initiative, a spokeswoman said on Thursday.
- Beijing: Sri Lanka has become the first country to back China's plan to build a Maritime Silk Road, which Chinese officials said is a novel idea to improve maritime connectivity and common development.
- China's vision for a maritime silk road updates and clarifies its interest in the "string of pearls." Gamini Lakshman, Sri Lanka's Minister of External Affairs, is in China this week, where he met with Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Vice President Li Yuanchao.
- ON Jan. 17, China’s President Xi Jinping and Foreign Minister Wang Yi told a visiting high-level delegation from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) that China wanted to work with the GCC to promote the building of the new Silk Road economic belt across Asia and Europe. The Silk Road initiatives...
- He Yafei says overseas Chinese businesses, with their knowledge of local conditions, can play a critical role in China's push for a new maritime silk road to deepen regional economic relations
- Once again I salute you on behalf of myself and my friends. In this meeting, in which we can feel the presence of political and economic actors of the Caucasus, Balkans and Central Asia, we will witness groundbreaking ideas.
- Kazakhstan has launched a new transit railway linking China to Europe, aiming to beat rival routes for journey time in the competition to handle a growing flow of goods along the ancient Silk Road trade route. A train passes on tracks running parallel with the Tian Shan mountain range on the...
- President Xi Jinping gives a speech at Nazarbayev University in Astana, Kazakhstan, on Saturday. Enhanced links with the region could advance global economic growth. Wang Ye / Xinhua
- Dancers from the China Gansu Dance Troupe perform in the Chinese classic dance drama Silk Road in London on Jan 11. Xinhua
- New Rail Links to Boost China Western Access, This new Silk Road is to be made of steel, with overland connections energizing Central Asia.
- Uzbekistan is a fascinating central Asian country with a history that spans the opulence of the Silk Route through to the current environmental disaster of a barren Aral Sea
- Pakistan has been invited for participation in an investment and trade fair to be organised next year at the starting point of ancient Silk Road in China’s northwestern Shaanxi province.
- Silk Road Economic Belt project was discussed during the meeting between Kazakh Foreign Minister Kairat Sarybay and Chinese ambassador to Kazakhstan Le Yucheng in Astana, Kazakh Foreign Ministry said on Jan.10.
- Since 2012, archaeologists have been working on a two-year project at the Qigexing Temple ruins in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region. As an important crossroads on the northern silk road, the site is crucial to study how Buddhism developed in China.
- From the fourth century onwards the 492 largely hand-dug caves near Dunhuang, a desert oasis and crossroads on the Silk Road, acted as a depository for Buddhist art for around a millennium. Unesco describes the World Heritage Site as "the largest, most richly endowed, and longest used...
- Xi'an, one of China's oldest and most historical cities, capital of west China's Shaanxi Province, received more than 100 million visitors in 2013, said local tourist bureau on Friday.
- The China Institute Gallery has been transformed into an ancient cave, taking visitors back more than a millennium to a dazzling world where Buddhist worshippers adorned the walls with colorful frescoes, silk prayer banners and lavishly painted life-size clay sculptures.
- Italy's Mount Etna, the Hill Forts of Rajasthan and China's Tianshan mountain range were among seven natural wonders and cultural jewels granted World Heritage status by Unesco at its annual meeting yesterday.
- As a key stopover on the ancient Silk Road, the Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes in Northwest China’s Gansu Province have major historical significance. Now, a new technique has been adopted to preserve the ancient murals in the caves.
- Famed fighters from east and west stood face to face on Thursday as Arnold Schwarzenegger took the measure of the ancient Terracotta Warriors of Xian.
- Chinese authorities are planting trees, repairing a reservoir and working on water diversion in an effort to conserve water for the oasis city of Dunhuang, home to UNESCO World Heritage Mogao Caves, a shrine of Buddhist art treasures.
- Traditional Chinese dance drama Silk Road comes to Britain for the first time, 34 years after its birth.It was performed by Gansu Dance Drama and Opera Ensemble on Wednesday and Thursday at the Peacock Theater of the Sadler's Wells group, Britain's leading dance house.
- Shaanxi province plans to build China's first hinterland international intermodal transit hub port to link the overland international freight route [see map] which they dub a new 'silk road', reports Xinhua.
- Nov 20, 2013. Lian Mingqiao, a 90s-born girl from Southwest China's Sichuan province, traveled across Eurasia from China's Beijing to Turkey's Istanbul by motorcycle alone in the past five months
- Twenty-four cities from eight countries along the Silk Road have agreed on common efforts to establish a "Silk Road economic belt." According to the Urumqi Consensus inked at the Silk Road Economic Belt Cities Cooperation and Development Forum, which concluded on Friday, signatories...
- Silk Road Cultural Street is situated at the original site of the Tang Dynasty West Market which thrived more than 1000 years ago in Chang'an City in the Tang Dynasty, along with the development of the Silk Road.
- With the explosive growth of tourism during the golden week in October, Shaanxi witnessed new highs in tourism revenue and number of tourists. The annual operating income is expected to exceed 200 billion yuan.
- Located about 70 kilometers northwest of Xi'an, Zhaoling Mausoleum is the burial site of Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty.
- You may recall from your world history class the phrase "silk road," the connecting overland cross-continental route between Europe and China that for some two thousand years enabled trade of tea, spice, and silk between eastern producers and European consumers, along with religious and...
- G. Bin Zhao says a Silk Road economic belt, with Xian at the centre, should be part of a long-term strategy to bring economic prosperity to China's underdeveloped western region. President Xi Jinping has again repeated his desire to create a Silk Road economic belt following a recent visit to...
- BEIJING, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) - Visits by China's top leaders to countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) highlights the country's resolution to deepen relations and pave the way for a maritime Silk Road.
- BEIJING - Armed with tens of billions of dollars in investment deals and romantic tales of ancient explorers, Chinese President Xi Jinping spent much of September and October promoting his vision of two new "Silk Roads" to connect his country to the West and secure its energy supplies...
- Sept. 17 – Chinese President Xi Jinping last week has been busy in Central Asia, on a trip that coincided with a meeting in Kyrgyzstan to attend the 13th summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). While many China observers concentrate on the nation's political and trade dynamics...
- More than a century ago, it was an Ottoman sultan's distant dream. Now, an underground rail link between Europe and Asia in Turkey's metropolis Istanbul is becoming reality, connecting “London with Beijing" in the words of the prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
- The paintings from the Mogao caves show the development of Chinese art over a period of 1000 years. In a secret cave on China's ancient Silk Road, one of the world's most incredible collections of art lay locked away in darkness for 900 years. It held a treasure trove of 50,000 Buddhist paintings...
- Chinese and Turkish leaders have pledged to enhance cooperation to jointly build a Silk Road economic belt. Liu Qibao, a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), who is heading a CPC delegation here, met Turkish President Abdullah Gul on...
- The creation of an economic belt stretching along the ancient Silk Road coincides with Kazakhstan's foreign policy, says a Kazakh expert on international issues. Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed the idea during his recent visit to Central Asia, eyeing the the cultural revival of the Silk...
- The meaning of "open" gets tested as edX and Coursera go east. The Middle Kingdom is the center of attention for MOOC providers Coursera and edX. Each announced its own plans-just days apart-to expand their platforms in China.
