A team of young professionals and students from a total of 51 Asian and European  countries, has been travelling together for 2 weeks by train across China, Mongolia and the Russian Federation under the theme “Gateways of Asia and Europe: Connectivity by Land, Sea & Air". The international youth team arrived in Ulaanbaatar yesterday (30^th August). The train journey passes through emerging economic corridors in these three countries. The Mongolian leg has been co-organized by the Mongolian Youth Federation and Ulaanbaatar Railway Joint Venture Company. The train journey began on 15^th August from Beijing and has passed through Harbin (China), Vladivostok (Russian Federation), Chita (Russian Federation), Irkutsk (Russian Federation) and ended in Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia). Staying in Ulaanbaatar for three days, the young people will plant a tree, to see the Ulaanbaatar Railway Museum and learn from local communities.

The 20th ASEF Summer University (ASEFSU20) is for explore the role of transportation and trade in connecting Asia and Europe. In conjunction with the 20th Anniversary of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) process, ASEFSU20 explores the concept of "Connectivity" between Asia and Europe from 3 lenses: Human Connectivity, Trade and Economic Cooperation, and Transport.