This year marks the 10th anniversary of China’s Belt and Road Initiative — a platform for global cooperation, in which Beijing is actively creating and developing sea and land routes to Asia, Africa and Europe. The starting point of this grandiose project was the city of Xi’an, from which the ancient Silk Road originated.

The restructuring of global supply chains has caused a collapse in the Far East. Experts believe that the problem will not be resolved quickly and consumers will face shortages of goods and price rises.