SAQIB ASLAM

The New Eurasian Land Bridge Linking China And Europe:-

 If there's one thing China does well, its infrastructure. And one of China's biggest infrastructure
projects is the New Eurasian Land Bridge (NELB) connecting Chinese exporters to European
markets.

 The NELB consists of a series of rail corridors running some 7,500 miles (12,000 kilometers) from
Yiwu in eastern China to China plans to send 4,000 trains westward to Europe in 2018, up from
3,271 in the first 11 months of 2017.

 The New Eurasian Land Bridge is part of China's One Belt, One Road(1B1R or OBOR) initiative
to improve transportation links between China and the rest of the continent.

 Rail freight on the NELB costs five times the price of sea transportation from China to Europe, and
lacks the control facilities that are available on ships.
China-Indochina Peninsula Economic Corridor

 China and the Indochina Peninsula are connected by land and sea, with close geographical,
cultural, and people-to-people ties. The Indochina Peninsula is an important link on the Belt and
Road.

 The CICPEC project aims to better connect cities in this region with a network of railways and
highways to facilitate the flow of people, goods, capital and information. It will open up new
opportunities for strategic cooperation, and create a regional economy bolstered by complementary
strengths to ensure sound regional development.

 The China-Indochina Peninsula Economic Corridor (CICPEC) extends from China's Pearl River
Delta westward along the Nanchong-Guang'an Expressway and the Nanning-Guangzhou High-
speed Railway via Nanning and Pingxiang to Hanoi and Singapore.
 China-Central Asia-West Asia Economic Corridor

 The China-Central Asia-West Asia Economic Corridor (CCWAEC) links China and the Arabian

Peninsula. The vast region it covers generally follows the trajectory of the ancient Silk Road.

 The corridor starts from China's Xinjiang and traverses Central Asia before reaching the Persian Gulf, the

Mediterranean Sea and the Arabian Peninsula. It crosses five Central Asian countries (Kazakhstan,

Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan) and 17 countries and regions in West Asia

(including Iran, Saudi Arab and Turkey).