Silk Road exhibition in Xi'an displays ancient Sino-Central Asian ties

Amid the 10th anniversary celebrations of an ancient Silk Road trade corridor's UNESCO World Heritage status last month, an ongoing exhibition in Northwest China's Shaanxi province has unveiled the remarkable conservation efforts at several sites along the historical route.

In January 2013, China and two of its Central Asian neighbors, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, jointly applied for the prestigious status for an 8,700-kilometer stretch of ancient road extending from Chang'an in what is now Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi, to the heart of Central Asia.

UNESCO included the "Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor" on its World Heritage List in June 2014. The current exhibition at the Shaanxi History Museum's Qin-Han Hall marks a decade since that proud moment.