Port city to stage Silk Road film festival

A new film festival, which seeks to promote cultural and economic exchanges between China and other countries along overland and marine routes used by Chinese traders to sell silk and porcelain abroad centuries ago, is expected to be held later this year in Fuzhou, capital city of East China's Fujian province.

The Silk Road International Festival was first held last year in Xi'an, capital of Northwest China's Shaanxi province, where Hollywood star director Oliver Stone was present.

Xi'an is considered the starting point of the ancient Silk Road.