A series of activities for the establishment of the International Alliance of Silk Road Cities were held in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province on Sept 1.

The activities include the establishment ceremony of the International Alliance of Silk Road Cities, the 2023 "Silk Road Cities Culture and Tourism Development International Forum", and the "Charming Silk Road Connecting the World-Silk Road Tourism Cities Joint Promotion Exhibition".

The Jingdezhen Declaration was signed and released at the event site. More than 350 people, including representatives of diplomatic envoys in China, representatives of alliance member cities at home and abroad, experts and scholars, industry associations, cultural industries, and tourism, attended the event.

Lu Yingchuan, vice minister of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, delivered a keynote speech.

Lu expressed his sincere congratulations on establishing the International Alliance of Silk Road Cities.

“The spirit of the Silk Road lasts forever and is worth learning, inheriting, and carrying forward. China is willing to strengthen exchanges and cooperation in the field of tourism with all parties, and use it to promote people-to-people and cultural exchanges in various fields such as science and technology, education, health, and sports, and make new contributions to the implementation of the global civilization initiative”, he said.

The International Alliance of Silk Road Cities is co-sponsored by the Chinese and Foreign Cultural Exchange Center of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and well-known tourist cities at home and abroad. To build a long-term cooperation mechanism for exchanges and cooperation in the field of tourism between Chinese and foreign cities. The alliance will hold a series of themed activities such as international forums, joint promotions, and industry docking to promote sustainable tourism development in member cities. Up to now, 58 cities at home and abroad, including China and 26 countries from Asia, Europe, Africa, America, and other regions, have joined the alliance as founding members.

The event was guided by the International Exchange and Cooperation Bureau of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.