China-Central Asia-Western-Asia Corridor

The Subject «China-Central Asia-Western-Asia Economic Corridor» belongs to the following Online Higher Educational Programs taught by EENI Global Business School:

Transportation Courses: Road, Railway, Multimodal.

Diploma: International Transport.

Masters (MIB): International Transport, International Business.

Doctorate (DIB): Global Logistics, Asian Business, World Trade.

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China-Central Asia-Western-Asia Economic Corridor.

The objective of the China-Central Asia-West Asia Economic Corridor is to interconnect the rail systems between China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Iran and Turkey.

That is to say, it allows to unite China (Uruqmi, Xinjiang via Alashankou, border with Kazakhstan) with the Mediterranean Sea (Ankara, Turkey).

This is one of the main axes of the new Silk Road; It connects the Chinese province of Xinjiang with the Mediterranean Sea, through Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Iran and Turkey. The Corridor follows the ancient Silk Road.

This initiative is completed with bilateral cooperation agreements between China and the Central Asian States. This corridor aims to better connect all the regional economies to China, but also to Europe, and therefore offers a new intercontinental communication network that will open up Central Asian states.

Route of the China-Central Asia-Western-Asia Economic Corridor

Urumqui (China, Xingiang), China-Kazakhstan border, Almaty, Kazakhstan-Kyrgyzstan border, Bishkek - Kyrgyz-Uzbekistan border, Tashkent, Samarkand - Uzbekistan-Tajikistan border, Dushanbe, Turkmenistan border, Ashgabat, Iran border, Tehran, Turkey border, Ankara, Istanbul.

This corridor connects with:

1. Tashlente-Aktau connection (Caspian Sea, Kazakhstan);
2. Dushanbe- Kabul connection (Afghanistan);
3. Tehran-Bandar Abbas connection (Iran);
4. Turkey-Riyadh connection (Saudi Arabia).

When the China-Central Asia-West Asia Economic Corridor is fully operational, shipping goods by train from eastern China to Iran can be done in half the time by sea from the port of Shanghai. The economic impact of the corridor will be extremely important throughout the region.

The corridor is made up of different sections of the corridor, practically all have been implemented.

The Kamchiq Tunnel (Uzbekistan), the longest railway tunnel in Central Asia and a critical project along the Angren-Pap railway line in Uzbekistan, was successfully completed by China Rail Group Limited

A rail connection between China and Afghanistan was launched in 2016, shortening the journey from six months by road to two weeks.

Countries in the area of influence of the China-Central Asia-Western-Asia Economic Corridor:

1. Afghanistan;
2. Azerbaijan;
3. Mongolia;
4. Pakistan;
5. Saudi Arabia;
6. Ukraine;
7. Georgia;
8. Russia.

Asian regional economic communities related to the China-Central Asia-Western-Asia Economic Corridor

1. Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Programme (CAREC): Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Iran is an observer country;
2. Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU): Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia;
3. Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO): Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan;
4. Economic Cooperation Organization (OCE): Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan;
5. Commonwealth of Independent States (CEI): Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan;
6. Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States: Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Turkey;
7. Organization for Cooperation between Railways (OSJD): Azerbaijan, Albania, Afghanistan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Hungary, Vietnam, Georgia, Iran, Kazakhstan, China, North Korea, South Korea, Cuba, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Mongolia, Poland, Russia, Romania, Slovakia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Czech Republic and Estonia;
8. Iran is a member of:
   1. Asian Clearing Union (ACU);
   2. Indian-Ocean Rim Association (IORA).
9. Turkey is a member of:
   1. Euro-Mediterranean Partnership;
   2. Customs Union with the European Union;
   3. Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC);
   4. Regional Organization for Democracy and Economic Development (GUAM);
   5. Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE);
   6. Africa-Turkey Partnership;
   7. Turkey is an observer country in the Association of Caribbean States (ACS).
10. China is a member of:
    1. Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC);
    2. Greater Mekong Subregion;
    3. Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA).

Free Trade Agreements related to the countries of the Corridor

1. Kazakhstan
   1. Customs Union with Russia and Belarus;
   2. Free Trade Agreements with Armenia, Ukraine and Georgia;
   3. Collaboration and Cooperation Agreement with the European Union.
2. Kyrgyzstan
   1. Agreement on trade and economic cooperation with Pakistan;
   2. Free Trade Agreements with Armenia, Moldova, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.
3. Tajikistan
   1. Free Trade Agreements with Armenia, Ukraine and with the Eurasian Economic Union.
4. Turkmenistan
   1. Free Trade Agreements with Armenia, Georgia and with the Eurasian Economic Union.
5. Uzbekistan
   1. Free Trade Agreements with Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine, Georgia and with the Eurasian Economic Union.
6. Azerbaijan
   1. Free Trade Agreements with Russia, Ukraine and Georgia;
   2. Free Trade Agreement between Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova;
   3. Eastern Partnership of the UE.
7. Iran
   1. Free Trade Agreements of Iran: Algeria, Armenia, Syria, Venezuela, Pakistan.
8. China
   1. Free Trade Agreements with ASEAN, Singapore, Pakistan, New Zealand, Peru, Chile, European Union, Andean Community...
9. Turkey
   1. Trade Agreement Chile-Turkey;
   2. Free Trade Agreements with the European Free Trade Association, Tunisia, Morocco, Egypt, Israel, Macedonia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Palestine, Syria, Jordan, Georgia and Albania.
10. Islamic Trade Preferential System (OCI-TPS).

Main Euro-Asian institutions related to the Corridor

1. Boao Forum for Asia;
2. Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD);
3. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP);
4. Asian Development Bank (ADB);
5. Colombo Plan.

Main Islamic institutions related to the Corridor

1. Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OCI);
2. Islamic Development Bank (IsDB).

The main religions of the region of the China-Central Asia-Western-Asia Economic Corridor are:

1. Islam;
2. Confucianism;
3. Taoism;
4. Buddhism.

The China-Central Asia-Western-Asia Economic Corridor belongs to:

1. Central Eurasian Economic Area;
2. Sinic Economic Area.

Related Corridors to the Silk Road

1. Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar Economic Corridor;
2. Asia-Africa Growth Corridor;
3. India-Chabahar (Iran)-Afghanistan Economic Corridor;
4. Almaty-Bishkek Economic Corridor;
5. China-Mongolia-Russia Economic Corridor;
6. China-Central Asia-Western-Asia Economic Corridor;
7. International Transport and Transit Corridor of the Ashgabat Agreement;
8. Afghanistan-Turkmenistan-Azerbaijan-Georgia-Turkey Transport Corridor (Lapis Lazuli);
9. China-Pakistan Economic Corridor;
10. Trans-Siberian Railway (Russia, Mongolia, China, North Korea);
11. Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia (TRACECA);
12. International North-South Transport Corridor (India-Russia);
13. Trans-Caspian Trade and Transit Corridor (Central Corridor);
14. Islamabad-Tehran-Istanbul Rail and Road Corridor (ITI-ECO);
15. Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan-Afghanistan-Iran Transport Corridor (KTAI-ECO);
16. Nanning-Singapore Economic Corridor
    1. Pan-Beibu Gulf Economic Zone.

Trans-European Transport Network Corridors.

1. Baltic-Adriatic Transport Corridor;
2. North Sea-Baltic Transport Corridor;
3. North Sea-Mediterranean Transport Corridor;
4. Pan-European Corridor II;
5. Pan-European Corridor IX.

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