"East Meets West---the Maritime Silk Road During the 13th to 18th Century" exhibition, hosted by Hong Kong Maritime Museum joined by Guangdong Provincial Museum has been held at Hong Kong Maritime Museum from August 14th to November 11th, displaying more than 200 unearthed cultural relics from the Southern Song Dynasty to the early Qing Dynasty collected by the Mainland and Hong Kong collectors and the newest underwater archaeological discoveries in Hong Kong. The exhibits include fine ceramics, gold and silver gems, export paintings, silk, stone carvings, ancient books and maps, metalware, bamboo and wood, ship models, charts and etc., aiming to present China at that time to the public in terms of trade in goods, religious development, cultural exchanges, ancient historical sites and underwater archaeology and many other aspects, especially the development of the Maritime Silk Road along the South China Sea, laying its important role in promoting globalization.