A staff member makes a violin at a string instrument manufacturer in Queshan County of Zhumadian City, central China’s Henan Province, Sept. 12, 2026. The violin-making industry of Queshan County thrived in recent years as skilled luthiers returned home to start their own businesses. With an annual output of about 400,000 violins, Queshan produces more than 80 percent of made-in-China medium- and high-end violins, violas, cellos, basses, and violin accessories. Many violin-related products from Queshan are made for export to international markets including Italy, the United States, France and Germany. (Xinhua/Hao Yuan)

A staff member arranges products at a string instrument manufacturer in Queshan County of Zhumadian City, central China’s Henan Province, Sept. 12, 2026. The violin-making industry of Queshan County thrived in recent years as skilled luthiers returned home to start their own businesses. With an annual output of about 400,000 violins, Queshan produces more than 80 percent of made-in-China medium- and high-end violins, violas, cellos, basses, and violin accessories. Many violin-related products from Queshan are made for export to international markets including Italy, the United States, France and Germany. (Xinhua/Hao Yuan)

A staff member works at a string instrument manufacturer in Queshan County of Zhumadian City, central China’s Henan Province, Sept. 12, 2026. The violin-making industry of Queshan County thrived in recent years as skilled luthiers returned home to start their own businesses. With an annual output of about 400,000 violins, Queshan produces more than 80 percent of made-in-China medium- and high-end violins, violas, cellos, basses, and violin accessories. Many violin-related products from Queshan are made for export to international markets, including Italy, the United States, France and Germany. (Xinhua/Hao Yuan)

Staff members work at a string instrument manufacturer in Queshan County of Zhumadian City, central China’s Henan Province, Sept. 12, 2026. The violin-making industry of Queshan County thrived in recent years as skilled luthiers returned home to start their own businesses. With an annual output of about 400,000 violins, Queshan produces more than 80 percent of made-in-China medium- and high-end violins, violas, cellos, basses, and violin accessories. Many violin-related products from Queshan are made for export to international markets, including Italy, the United States, France and Germany. (Xinhua/Hao Yuan)

A staff member works at a string instrument manufacturer in Queshan County of Zhumadian City, central China’s Henan Province, Sept. 12, 2026. The violin-making industry of Queshan County thrived in recent years as skilled luthiers returned home to start their own businesses. With an annual output of about 400,000 violins, Queshan produces more than 80 percent of made-in-China medium- and high-end violins, violas, cellos, basses, and violin accessories. Many violin-related products from Queshan are made for export to international markets, including Italy, the United States, France and Germany. (Xinhua/Hao Yuan)

A staff member works at a string instrument manufacturer in Queshan County of Zhumadian City, central China’s Henan Province, Sept. 12, 2026. The violin-making industry of Queshan County thrived in recent years as skilled luthiers returned home to start their own businesses. With an annual output of about 400,000 violins, Queshan produces more than 80 percent of made-in-China medium- and high-end violins, violas, cellos, basses, and violin accessories. Many violin-related products from Queshan are made for export to international markets, including Italy, the United States, France and Germany. (Xinhua/Hao Yuan)

A staff member makes a violin at a string instrument manufacturer in Queshan County of Zhumadian City, central China’s Henan Province, Sept. 12, 2026. The violin-making industry of Queshan County thrived in recent years as skilled luthiers returned home to start their own businesses. With an annual output of about 400,000 violins, Queshan produces more than 80 percent of made-in-China medium- and high-end violins, violas, cellos, basses, and violin accessories. Many violin-related products from Queshan are made for export to international markets, including Italy, the United States, France and Germany. (Xinhua/Hao Yuan)

A staff member works at a string instrument manufacturer in Queshan County of Zhumadian City, central China’s Henan Province, Sept. 12, 2026. The violin-making industry of Queshan County thrived in recent years as skilled luthiers returned home to start their own businesses. With an annual output of about 400,000 violins, Queshan produces more than 80 percent of made-in-China medium- and high-end violins, violas, cellos, basses, and violin accessories. Many violin-related products from Queshan are made for export to international markets, including Italy, the United States, France and Germany. (Xinhua/Hao Yuan)

Staff members make violins at a string instrument manufacturer in Queshan County of Zhumadian City, central China’s Henan Province, Sept. 12, 2026. The violin-making industry of Queshan County thrived in recent years as skilled luthiers returned home to start their own businesses. With an annual output of about 400,000 violins, Queshan produces more than 80 percent of made-in-China medium- and high-end violins, violas, cellos, basses, and violin accessories. Many violin-related products from Queshan are made for export to international markets, including Italy, the United States, France and Germany. (Xinhua/Hao Yuan)

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By Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan

Zamir Ahmed Awan runs the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank he started in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, then spent six years in Beijing as Pakistan's science counsellor, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries. After that he came home and joined the China Studies Centre at NUST. He retired from there. His work centres on CPEC and the wider Belt and Road, and his articles run in Modern Diplomacy and on Think Tank Pakistan. China Daily and China News Service have both quoted the work.

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