The 2020 annual report on the cultural heritage of the silk road continues the existing design and framework of last year, focusing on the cultural heritage of the silk road. It is divided into four sections: first, archaeological discoveries, ancient research projects that occur in the time and space of the Silk Road and reflect the cultural interaction on the Silk Road; The second is exhibition, which refers to thematic exhibitions on the Silk Road Cultural Heritage and other related topics planned by the museum, held in the museum or similar cultural space, or even held in the cloud; Third, academic achievements in the form of monographs and important papers in the field of Silk Road Cultural Heritage; Fourth, cultural events, including various international events led by the government or the people.

This annual report cooperates with four major professional institutions this year. The Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the information center of the International Museum of Nanjing Academy of art, the research center of ancient Chinese history of Peking University, the History Department of Zhejiang University, and ICOMOS Xi'an silk road center respectively provide support for archaeological discoveries, special exhibitions, academic achievements, and cultural events. At the same time, expert teams are invited to review. Foreign scholars are distributed in Britain, France, Germany More than 20 people from about 10 countries, including the United States, Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, the Philippines and the Republic of Korea, selected the "top ten" lists of four major plates.