English-Hanzi/Xi Jinping proposed to jointly build a new economic zone-the Silk Road Economic Belt

Xi Jinping visited Astana, Kazakhstan and Southeast Asia in September and October 2013 and proposed to jointly build a new economic zone-the Silk Road Economic Belt. Basically, the "economic belt" includes the countries of Central Asia, West Asia, the Middle East, and Europe on the original Silk Road. 习近平于2013年9月和10月访问了阿斯塔纳，哈萨克斯坦和东南亚，并提议共同建设一个新的经济区-丝绸之路经济带。 基本上，“经济带”包括原始丝绸之路上的中亚，西亚，中东和欧洲国家。