The Silk Road Economic Belt runs through Central Asia and links China with Europe.
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习近平 proposed it in a speech in 阿斯塔纳, Kazakhstan, in September 2013. With the 海上丝绸之路 (Maritime Silk Road) proposed in Indonesia a month later, it makes up 一带一路: the "belt" is this overland route, the "road" the sea route.