RT Report T1 Re-opening the silk road to transform chinese trade A1 Mao, Ning A1 McAleer, Michael AB Under anti-globalization and isolationism, China is seeking to portray itself as a new leader for globalization under the banner of the Silk Road initiative. Meanwhile, China’s traditional and comparatively advantaged industry, silk, has faced dire predicaments and challenges for long time, and needs a transformation in terms of initiatives. Throughout history, the prosperity arising from silk was supposed to represent a microcosm of Chinese society. This paper searches the breakthrough point to improve the current dilemma of Chinese silk enterprises; uses a Case Study for inductive reasoning that is feasible for marketing strategies; and provides a strategy to help Chinese silk enterprises to transform their market positioning and operating modes to obtain better development opportunities. The paper also analyzes the new external environment based on the “One Belt, One Road” principle, which is of crucial importance for the implementation of new marketing strategies. PB Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales. Instituto Complutense de Análisis Económico (ICAE) SN 2341-2356 YR 2017 FD 2017 LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/22902 UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/22902 LA eng NO Australian Research Council, Taiwan NO National Science Council, Taiwan DS Docta Complutense RD 13 jul 2025