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Economic zone of the Silk Road a great opportunity for tourism in Shaanxi (2)

(People's Daily Online)

15:55, October 27, 2013

The last twenty years have seen a development of trade and economic relations between China and Central Asian countries, Xi Jinping commented win-win construction of "economic zone of the Silk Road." According to statistics, in 1992, on the establishment of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, trade volume between China and Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and autrespays of Central Asia was 460 million dollars. It was 46 billion dollars in 2012, an increase of 100 times in the space of 20 years. It is anticipated that, once the "economic zone of the Silk Road" is completed, it will bring greater prosperity to China and Central Asia.

The impatient waiting for the tourism industry of Shaanxi

"The Shaanxi Province, the birthplace of my family, is the starting point of the ancient Silk Road . The Shaanxi Province, the birthplace of my family, is the starting point of the ancient Silk Road. Standing here and looking back the history, I seem to hear the sound of camels bells echoing in the mountains. All of these make me very attached. "These are the words that President Xi Jinping delivered at his important speech at the Nazarbayev University.

When Xi Jinping attached so much affection and connected the hometown of his family and the Silk Road, away there in Shaanxi , villagers began to be so excited. Yang Zhongwu, Director of the provincial Tourism Bureau of Shaanxi, said: "The idea of construction economic zone of the silk Road proposed by the President Xi Jinping contains foresight and rich content, and has attracted attention both in China and abroad. Especially the fact that he repeatedly referred to Xi'an and Shaanxi as the beginning of the Silk Road, the place of origin of his family, made the people from Sanqin plains of pride and inspiration. It encourages to develop tourism in the Silk Road in the indicated direction, infuses powerful spiritual force, and also pushes us to accelerate the construction of stronghold tourism , which will provide us with an important historic opportunity ."

Yang Zhongwu pointed out that there are three essential things for President Xi's speech to transform into an opportunity for Shannxi's internationalization: first, to ensure that tourism of Shaanxi Silk Road to achieve new breakthroughs. Consider the tourism of the Silk Road as an important part of the tourism industry in Shaanxi Province, research and formulate specific measures and quickly get related work involved. The second is to provide a pathway and models for the development of tourism on the Silk Road in Shaanxi. The Provincial Tourism Bureau of Shaanxi will determine the number of subjects to be researched. Third, the development plan of tourism Silk Road in Shaanxi must be carefully planned.


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