In August 20 Georgia will enter participants of the international car tour "Travelling on ten thousand kilometer silk road". Column of the cars will come into Georgia on 12:00 through Larsi border crossing point. Georgian vice-premier Giorgi Kvirikashvili, also representatives of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, National Tourist Administration and "Hualing Group" will meet participants of car tour in Larsi border crossing point. In the ceremony will take part Beng Hao, the acting ambassador of China in Georgia.
The car tour "Travelling on ten thousand kilometer silk road" is large scale cultural-economic media event that started in July 19 of 2014 in city Sian in China (the place where silk road begun). Initiators of car tour are Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Information of China. In the event take part famous journalists of central TV-radio, printed media, internet editions and leading informational agencies. They will prepare informational materials (reportages, interviews, articles, live streams and etc) that will be provided to the Chinese language population in whole world. It must be said that famous Chinese professor who researched historical issues about Silk Road is in the delegation together with representative of historical family, who is supposed to made route of trade ways for China.
The route of the participants of "Silk Road" is following - China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Georgia, Turkey, Greece, Italy. This is large scale economic-cultural expedition that aims to provide with information to the population of China about economic, investment, touristic, cultural and historical condition of the countries of "Silk Road" (with the means of live steams, records and news in informational TV programs). In different of other countries listed above the delegation will stay in Georgia longer during 4 days and in 24 August will go to the direction of Turkey.
Participants of the expedition will go through the following route in Georgia- Larsi-Stefantsminda-Tbilisi-Mtskheta-Uplistsikhe-Kutaisi-Batumi-Sarfi. There are planned different cultural events during the tour, sightseeing historical places of Georgia and etc. Also there are planned special interviews with representatives of Georgian government.
In August 21 18:00 there will be held festive event in "Tbilisi Sea Plaza"that is opened by "Hualing Group". Official authorities from Georgia and China will attend the event. For the first time Georgia was not in the list of countries of the project and the route would go through Sochi avoiding Georgia till Turkey. But with the initiative of "Hualing Group" and its leadership and after financial support the route was changed and Georgia was put in the list of the countries of the project.
"Travelling on ten thousand kilometer silk road" is unique possibility for Georgia to make popularization of its the economic, cultural and touristic possibilities that will be represented by the Chinese journalists in a large scale way to Chinese language population.
"Travelling on ten thousand kilometer silk road" will last during six years and the participants of the expedition will be changed every year, and representatives of different spheres will join it.