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
When the China-Central-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:
Asian regional economic communities related to the China-Central Asia-Western-Asia Economic Corridor
Central Asia Cooperation (CAREC): Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia,
Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Iran is an observer country
Commonwealth of Independent States: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Moldova, Russia, Ukraine, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan
Turkic Council: Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Turkey
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
Trade Agreements with the EFTA, Tunisia, Morocco, Egypt, Israel, Macedonia,
Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Palestine, Syria, Jordan, Georgia and Albania
Islamic Trade Preferential System (OCI-TPS)
Main Euro-Asian institutions related to the Corridor
Boao Forum for Asia
Asia Cooperation Dialogue
ESCAP
Asian Development Bank
Colombo Plan
Main Islamic institutions
OCI
Islamic Development Bank
The main Religions of the region of the China-Central Asia-Western-Asia Economic Corridor are: