The Silk Road has served as a bridge for technological exchange between the East and the West. Numerous valuable techniques, including paper-making, printing, silk weaving and hybrid rice cultivation, have spread to countries along the route and improved the lives of hundreds of millions of people. In this episode of our special series, "The New Silk Road, Past and Present", CGTN's Wang Mangmang takes you through the journey that witnessed the blossoming and prosperity of significant technologies on this millennia-old ancient network.