Twenty mayors from cities in Asia and Europe signed a memo to promote tourism along the New Silk Road on Wednesday in Xuzhou, a city in east China's Jiangsu Province.

The cities are joining to tap the tourist resources in Eurasia, according to the memo signed at an International Conference on the New Asia-Europe Continent Bridge.

The two-day conference ended Wednesday in Xuzhou.

The New Asia-Europe Continent Bridge starts from the coastal cities in east China and ends at some ports in some European countries such as the Netherlands and Belgium.

It stretches for 10,900 km, including 4,313 km in China.

It is dubbed the New Silk Road, as it almost parallels the ancient Silk Road.

(Xinhua News Agency December 8, 2005)