Silk Road Cities Alliance and the Belt Road Initiative Sri Lanka (BRISL) signed an MOU on the Annual Silk Road & Young Dreams Project in 2020. The Two Parties are dedicated to deepening the traditional friendship, making common efforts to build the Belt and Road and promoting non-governmental cooperation in education and culture between China and Sri Lanka.

Now we are working on this 2021 The 4th Silk Road & Young Dreams promotion domestically and internationally. With the theme of “Poverty Alleviation, Green Development and International Cooperation” and sub-theme of “Winter Olympics”, young people can show their understandings and suggestions through six competitions including Speech, Music, Photography, Sand Painting, Sculpture, Start-ups. All the events will be carried out online due to the world pandemic, and the deadline of the registration is May 31st, 2021. 

It’s also worth mentioning that Silk Road & Young Dreams is a youth-oriented exchange project for the future leaders along the Silk Road. It is hosted by Silk Road Cities Alliance, China Friendship Foundation for Peace & Development, Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies of Renmin University of China, China Nationality Culture Foundation and Beijing Belt & Road Cooperative Community. The fundamental goal of the project is to provide the youth who have different backgrounds and dreams, with a stage to shine with talents and potentials, a platform to feel the pulse of the present era, as well as a bridge to link up societies. Over 1000 young candidates from more than 100 countries have taken part in it during last three years with the support of all parties.