From 15 April 2027
China: from Beijing along the Silk Road
A peace journey to China built on dialogue and friendship between China, the Nordic countries, Europe and the United States.
Being planned: End date, daily programme and price will follow with the offers from the travel agencies.
The journey starts in Beijing on 15 April 2027 and ends in Beijing. You can choose a long or a short journey. Option 1 follows the Silk Road from Beijing via Xi'an and Lanzhou to Ürümqi, with a flight back to Beijing. Option 2 is Beijing and Xi'an, with a train back to Beijing.
We will meet students and teachers at Peking University, Tsinghua, Jiaotong University in Xi'an and Lanzhou University, peace organisations and people we meet along the way. Between the cities we travel by high-speed train where we can.
Bike for Peace visited Beijing in 2019, and in May 2025 we travelled by train through China and met the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. China is one of the nine nuclear-armed states, and in 2026 and 2027 we are taking the appeal for a world without nuclear weapons by 2045 to all of them.
Route sketch
- Beijing
- Xi'an
- Lanzhou (option 1)
- Ürümqi (option 1)
- Beijing
What taking part means
- Participants pay their own flights to Beijing and home. We are collecting offers from travel agencies in China, and dates, daily programme and price will follow with the offers.
- The programme is in English, with a local guide. We cycle a little in the cities where possible, and no special fitness is required.