Tourists enjoy the scenery of West Lake in Hangzhou

Tourists visit the West Lake scenic area in Hangzhou, east China’s Zhejiang Province, April 2, 2026. Recently, West Lake in Hangzhou has been adorned with blooming peach trees and verdant willows, showing bright spring colors that attract crowds of visitors. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)

Tourists visit the West Lake scenic area in Hangzhou, east China’s Zhejiang Province, April 2, 2026. Recently, West Lake in Hangzhou has been adorned with blooming peach trees and verdant willows, showing bright spring colors that attract crowds of visitors. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)

Tourists visit the West Lake scenic area in Hangzhou, east China’s Zhejiang Province, April 2, 2026. Recently, West Lake in Hangzhou has been adorned with blooming peach trees and verdant willows, showing bright spring colors that attract crowds of visitors. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)

Tourists visit the West Lake scenic area in Hangzhou, east China’s Zhejiang Province, April 2, 2026. Recently, West Lake in Hangzhou has been adorned with blooming peach trees and verdant willows, showing bright spring colors that attract crowds of visitors. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)

Tourists visit the West Lake scenic area in Hangzhou, east China’s Zhejiang Province, April 2, 2026. Recently, West Lake in Hangzhou has been adorned with blooming peach trees and verdant willows, showing bright spring colors that attract crowds of visitors. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)

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Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan Founder & Chair, Global Silk Route Research Alliance

Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…