More than a thousand years ago,Zhang Qian, a Chinese imperial envoy, set out on a westward expedition covering thousands of miles,laying the foundation of the Silk Road. Ten years ago, the “Silk Road Economic Belt” and the “21st Century Maritime Silk Road” were envisioned to revitalize ancient trading routes,which came to be known as the Belt and Road Initiative.

Over the past decade,the Belt and Road Initiative has been implemented with fruitful results,its grand road map at the planning stage translated into tangible projects. To show how the Belt and Road Initiative has transformed BRI countries in the past ten years, Sounthern Finance Omnimedia Corp. produced a special documentary The BRI: A Decade On. Join SFC on a journey across continents and oceans.

Our first stop off in the doucumentaryThe BRI: A Decade On is Kazakhstan.Kazakhstan used to be the place where the world ended on both sides of the country. That’s where Europe ended and where Asia ended. Now Kazakhstan is a major trading hub in Eurasia, connecting the markets of China and Europe, passing through the countries of Central Asia, Turkey and the countries of the Persian Gulf. The Kazakhs hope to bolster connectivity between China and Europe as well as to boost Kazakhstan#39;s economy.