Dec 2025
The Ninth CAREC Think Tank Development Forum
The Ninth CAREC Think Tank Development Forum will be ho
The Ninth CAREC Think Tank Development Forum will be ho
Date: 2–3 December 2025 Location: Urumqi, Xinjiang, Peo
The workshop, co-organized by Asian Development Bank (ADB) and CAREC Institute, follows two important milestones affecting global and regional trade—the entry into force of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) in February 2017 and the endorsement of a new long-term strategy CAREC 2030 in October 2017.
The CAREC Institute, the transport division of the Asian Development Bank’s Central and West Asia Department, and the Ministry of Transport of the People's Republic of China discussed the concept and best practices of performance-based road maintenance.