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Yuègǎngàodàwānqū yǐ huánzhūjiāngkǒu qūyù wéi héxīn ，bèikào Dàlù miànxiàng NánHǎi ，dìchǔ guójì hángxiàn yàochōng ，shì Zhōngguó yǔ hǎishàng sīchóuzhīLù yánxiàn guójiā hǎishàng wǎnglái jùlí zuìjìn de jīngjì fādá qūyù 。dàwānqū de fāzhǎn yě tóngshí kěyǐ zuòwéi zhōngguó yīdàiyīlù de cuīhuàjì ，yuègǎngàodàwānqū shì yīgē strategic fāzhǎn ，mùdì shì liánjiē zhōngYà dào ōuzhōu de sīchóuzhīlù jīngjì dài hé nányà dào fēizhōu hé zhōngdōng de hǎishàng sīchóuzhīlù de jīngjì 。

The Greater Bay Area is centered around the Pearl River Estuary, facing inland China and the South China Sea, linked to international transportation routes and an economic region closest to the Maritime Silk Road. The development of the area should also act as a catalyst for China’s Belt and Road Initiative - it is a strategic development that aims to link the economies along the Silk Road Economic Belt (Central Asia to Europe) and the Maritime Silk Road (South Asia to Africa and the Middle East) together.

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开放包容。古丝绸之路跨越尼罗河流域、底格里斯河和幼发拉底河流域、印度河和恒河流域、黄河和长江流域，跨越埃及文明、巴比伦文明、印度文明、中华文明的发祥地，跨越佛教、基督教、伊斯兰教信众的汇集地，跨越不同国度和肤色人民的聚居地。

kāifàng bāoróng 。gǔ SīchóuzhīLù kuàyuè NíluóHé liúyù 、DǐgélǐsīHé hé YòufālādǐHé liúyù 、YìndùHé hé HéngHé liúyù 、HuángHé hé Chángjiāngliúyù ，kuàyuè Āijí wénmíng 、Bābǐlún wénmíng 、Yìndù wénmíng 、Zhōnghuá wénmíng de fāxiángdì ，kuàyuè Fójiào 、Jīdūjiào 、Yīsīlánjiào xìnzhòng de huìjí de ，kuàyuè bùtóng guódù hé fūsè rénmín de jùjūdì 。

Openness and Tolerance. The old Silk Road spanned the Nile, Tigris and Euphrates river basins, the Indus and the Ganges river basins, the Yellow river and the Yangtze river deltas, spanning the cradle of the Egyptian, Babylonian, Indian and Chinese civilizations, the gathering places for Buddhists, Christians and Muslims, different nations and the homelands of people of different skin colors.

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互学互鉴。古丝绸之路不仅是一条通商易货之道更是一条知识交流之路沿着古丝绸之路，中国将丝绸、瓷器、漆器、铁器传到西方，也为中国带来了胡椒、亚麻、香料、葡萄、石榴。

hù xué hù jiàn 。gǔ SīchóuzhīLù bùjǐn shì yī tiáo tōngshāng yìhuò zhī dào gèng shì yī tiáo zhīshi jiāoliú zhī lù yánzhe gǔ SīchóuzhīLù ，Zhōngguó jiāng sīchóu 、cíqì 、qīqì 、tiěqì chuán dào Xīfāng ，yě wèi Zhōngguó dàilái le hújiāo 、yàmá 、xiāngliào 、pútao 、shíliu 。

Learning from each other’s examples. The old Silk Road was not just a trading route, but also a channel for the exchange of knowledge. China passed silk, pottery, lacquerware and iron ware to the West, while China received pepper, linen, spices, grapes and pomegranate.

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沿着古丝绸之路，佛教、伊斯兰教及阿拉伯的天文、历法、医药传入中国，中国的四大发明、养蚕技术也由此传向世界。更为重要的是，商品和知识交流带来了观念创新。

yánzhe gǔ SīchóuzhīLù ，Fójiào 、Yīsīlánjiào jí Ālābó de tiānwén 、lìfǎ 、yīyào chuánrù Zhōngguó ，Zhōngguó de sìdàfāmíng 、yǎngcán jìshù yě yóucǐ chuán Xiàng shìjiè 。gèngwéi zhòngyào de shì ，shāngpǐn hé zhīshi jiāoliú dàilái le guānniàn chuàngxīn 。

Buddhism and Islam came to China along the old Silk Road, along with Arabian astronomy, calendars and medicine, and China’s four great inventions (the compass, gunpowder, paper and printing) and silk farming technology also passed to the world along it. More importantly, the exchange of goods and ideas brought with it conceptual innovation.

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在这条大动脉上，资金、技术、人员等生产要素自由流动，商品、资源成果等实现共享。阿拉木图、撒马尔罕、长安等重镇和苏尔港广州等良港兴旺发达，罗马、安息、贵霜等古国欣欣向荣，中国汉唐迎来了盛世。古丝绸之路创造了地区大发展大繁荣。

zài zhè tiáo dàdòngmài shàng ，zījīn 、jìshù 、rényuán děng shēngchǎn yàosù zìyóu liúdòng ，shāngpǐn 、Zīyuán chéngguǒ děng shíxiàn gòngxiǎng 。Ālāmùtú 、Sǎmǎěrhǎn 、Chángān děng zhòngzhèn hé Sūěr gǎng Guǎngzhōu děng liánggǎng xīngwàngfādá ，Luómǎ 、ānxī 、Guǐshuāng děng gǔguó xīnxīnxiàngróng ，Zhōngguó Hàn Táng yíng lái le shèngshì 。gǔ SīchóuzhīLù chuàngzào le dìqū dà fāzhǎn dà fánróng 。

On these great thoroughfares the essential factors of production, such as capital, technology, and manpower flowed freely, with sharing of goods, resources and achievements. Important cities such as Almaty, Samarkand and Changan, along with great ports like Sur and Guangzhou flourished, while the Roman, the Arsacid and the Kushan civilisations prospered and China was enjoying the high point of its civilisation in the Han and Tang dynasties. The old Silk Road created great regional development and prosperity.

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互利共赢。古丝绸之路见证了陆上“使者相望于道商旅不绝于途”的盛况，也见证了海上“舶交海中，不知其数”的繁华。

hùlì gòngyíng 。gǔ SīchóuzhīLù jiànzhèng le lùshàng “shǐzhě xiāngwàng yú dào shānglǚ bùjué yú tú ”de shèngkuàng ，yě jiànzhèng le hǎishàng “bó jiāo hǎi zhōng ，bùzhī qí shǔ ”de fánhuá 。

Win-win mutual benefit. The old Silk Road bore witness to a grand scene in which envoys could meet on the road and there was a constant flow of merchants travelling back and forth, and saw ships passing each other on the seas, in what was unfathomable prosperity.

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中国唐宋元时期，陆上和海上丝绸之路同步发展，中国、意大利、摩洛哥的旅行家杜环马可波罗、伊本白图泰都在陆上和海上丝绸之路留下了历史印记。15世纪初的明代，中国著名航海家郑和七次远洋航海，留下千古佳话。

Zhōngguó Táng Sòng Yuán shíqī ，lùshàng hé hǎishàng SīchóuzhīLù tóngbù fāzhǎn ，Zhōngguó 、Yìdàlì 、Móluògē de lǚxíngjiā Dùhuán MǎkěBōluó 、Yīběnbáitútài dōu zài lùshàng hé hǎishàng SīchóuzhīLù liúxià le lìshǐ yìnjì 。15 shìjì chū de Míngdài ，Zhōngguó zhùmíng hánghǎijiā ZhèngHé qī cì yuǎnyáng hánghǎi ，liúxià qiāngǔjiāhuà 。

In China’s Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties, during the synchronous development of the Silk Road and the Maritime Silk Road, Chinese, Italian and Moroccan explorers Du Huan, Marco Polo and Ibn Battut, all left traces in the history of the Silk Road and the Maritime Silk Road. During the Ming Dynasty at the start of the 15th Century, the famous Chinese navigator Zheng He went on seven distant voyages, leaving behind legendary tales.

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古丝绸之路绵亘万里，延续千年，积淀了以和平合作、开放包容、互学互鉴、互利共赢为核心的丝路精神。这是人类文明的宝贵遗产。

gǔ SīchóuzhīLù miángèn WànLǐ ，yánxù qiānnián ，jīdiàn le yǐ hépíng hézuò 、kāifàng bāoróng 、hù xué hù jiàn 、hù lì gòng yíng wèi héxīn de SīLù jīngshén 。zhè shì rénlèi wénmíng de bǎoguì yíchǎn 。

The ancient Silk Road stretched tens of thousands of miles over one thousand years, leaving us with a Silk Road spirit of peaceful cooperation, openness and tolerance, mutual learning, mutual study, and win-win mutual benefit at its core. This is the precious inheritance of human civilization.

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