New railway line for PRC's Inner
Mongolia Autonomous Region

The People's Republic of China (PRC) will receive a $200 million loan from the World Bank to help finance construction of the ZhangHu Railway in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. [More]

Uzbekistan receives $100 million
for railway electrification

The Asian Development Bank provides a $100 million loan to finance electrification of a 140-kilometer stretch of railway between Marakand in Samarkand Province and Karshi in Kashkadarya Province of Uzbekistan. [More]

Mongolia secures road investment
program, driving growth and
development

Mongolia secures a $170 million road investment program loan from the Asian Development Bank for road improvement along CAREC Corridor 4, linking the country to the Russian Federation in the north, and the People’s Republic of China in the south. [More]

Central Asia Regional Economic
Cooperation (CAREC): Building a
Global Future

As the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Program celebrates 10 years of regional economic cooperation in Central Asia and neighboring countries, this video highlights CAREC achievements in the sectors of transport, trade, and energy. [Watch the full video.]

First Afghan railway opens, promotes
cooperation

The new Afghan railway opens with the arrival of its train at the Naibabad Station in the city of Mazar-e-Sharif from Hairatan at the border of Uzbekistan. This will bring great opportunity for increased trade and cooperation between Afghanistan and its neighbors in Central Asia. [More]

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What is CAREC?

The Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation, or CAREC, Program is a proactive facilitator of project-based cooperation in transport, trade, energy, and other key sectors of mutual interest. It is a partnership of 10 countries and 6 multilateral institutions working together to promote development through regional cooperation, leading to accelerated growth and poverty reduction.

Countries: Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, the People's Republic of China, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Mongolia, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.

Institutions: Asian Development Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, International Monetary Fund, Islamic Development Bank, United Nations Development Programme, and World Bank. The Asian Development Bank also serves as the CAREC Secretariat.

  • Upcoming Event: CAREC Energy Sector Coordinating Committee Meeting (Manila, Philippines)
  • Upcoming Event: Training on Customs Modernization for CAREC Countries (Shanghai, PRC)
  • Upcoming Event: CAREC Federation of Carrier and Forwarder Associations (CFCFA) Business Networking Forum and Working Groups Meeting (Hohhot, PRC)
  • Upcoming Event: 16th CAREC Trade Policy Coordinating Committee Meeting (Hohhot, PRC)
  • Upcoming Event: Mid-year CAREC Senior Officials' Meeting (Hohhot, PRC)
  • Upcoming Event: Training on Customs Inspection Techniques (Shanghai, PRC)
  • Upcoming Event: Training on Customs Intelligence (Shanghai, PRC)
  • Upcoming Event: Roundtable Seminar on Ways Forward for Corridor-based Transport Facilitation Agreements in the CAREC Region (Beijing, PRC)
  • Upcoming Event: Third Seminar on World Trade Organization Accession (Shanghai, PRC)
  • Upcoming Event: Workshop on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Issues (Bangkok, Thailand)
  • Upcoming Event: Subregional Workshops on Performance-based Contracting for Road Maintenance (To be determined)
  • Upcoming Event: Workshop on Agricultural Cooperation (Urumqi, PRC)
  • Upcoming Event: Third CAREC Federation of Carrier and Forwarder Associations (CFCFA) Annual Meeting (PRC)
  • Upcoming Event: Special CAREC Senior Officials' Meeting with a National Focal Points Study Tour and a Regional Project Site Visit (Bangkok, Thailand)
  • Upcoming Event: 11th CAREC Customs Cooperation Committee Meeting (PRC)
  • Upcoming Event: Environmental and Social Safeguards in Road Projects (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, and Tajikistan)
  • Upcoming Event: Subregional Workshops on Performance-based Contracting for Road Maintenance (To be determined)
  • Upcoming Event: Training on Vegetable Production (Urumqi, PRC)
  • Upcoming Event: Workshop on Detection and Surveillance of Wild-Type Poliovirus in the PRC and Central Asia (Urumqi, PRC)
  • Upcoming Event: Meeting to Review Implementation of AFG-KGZ-TAJ Cross-Border Transport Agreement (Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic)
  • Upcoming Event: Sanitary and Phytosanitary Coordination Committee Meeting (To be determined)
  • Upcoming Event: CAREC Energy Sector Coordinating Committee Meeting (To be determined)
  • Upcoming Event: 12th CAREC Transport Sector Coordinating Committee Meeting (To be determined)
  • Upcoming Event: Workshop on Detection and Surveillance of Wild-Type Poliovirus in the PRC and Central Asia (Beijing, PRC)
  • Upcoming Event: Customs Risk Management (Shanghai, PRC)
  • Upcoming Event: Customs Modernization (Shanghai, PRC)
  • Upcoming Event: 17th CAREC Trade Policy Coordinating Committee Meeting (PRC)
  • Upcoming Event: 11th Ministerial Conference on Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (PRC)
  • Upcoming Event: International Exchange Project of Plague in Central Asia (Beijing, PRC)
CAREC Priority Areas
Transport
Transport
Trade Facilitation
Trade Facilitation
Energy
Energy
Trade Policy
Trade Policy
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