Anchoring the committees in existing structures also has facilitated the continuation of their activities after the end of the project (OECD-WTO aid-for-trade monitoring exercise 2017, Public sector case story 65). The most ambitious is China's revival of the historic Silk Road trade route. Announced in 2013, two new trade corridors—one overland, the other by sea—are planned to connect China with its neighbours in Central Asia, the Middle East and Europe. The aim is to generate USD 2.5 trillion in additional annual trade with the nations along the proposed routes over the next ten years.