The Middle East Continental Bridge Network (MECBN) report presents a comprehensive feasibility analysis and strategic vision for constructing a cross-sea passage connecting Port Bandar Abbas in Iran with Port Dibba in the United Arab Emirates. Far beyond a conventional infrastructure project, MECBN is conceived as a "Project of the Century" — a strategic platform for regional peace that builds deep economic interdependence across West Asia, South Asia, and Central Asia.
The centerpiece is a bridge-tunnel combination crossing the Persian Gulf, integrating a 250 km/h high-speed freight railway, a dual-carriageway expressway, ultra-high-voltage DC transmission lines, large-capacity fiber optic cables, oil and gas pipelines, and a freshwater pipeline with 10 billion cubic meters of annual capacity. This first crossing anchors an eight-phase continental bridge network that ultimately links the Persian Gulf with the Red Sea, Caspian Sea, Mediterranean, Arabian Sea, and Indian Ocean.
The report was compiled by the Global Strategic Corridors Institute in collaboration with the Qinling Science (HK) Research Institute.
Phase 1 connects Bandar Abbas (Iran) to Dibba (UAE) via a bridge-tunnel combination, creating a fully integrated multi-modal corridor — rail, road, energy, data, and freshwater — in a single passage across the Strait of Hormuz.
The complete MECBN spans eight construction phases, linking the Persian Gulf to the Red Sea, Caspian Sea, Mediterranean, Arabian Sea, and Indian Ocean. It connects West Asia with East Asia, South Asia, Central Asia, and East/North Africa in a single integrated network.
The network provides direct land routes for Gulf oil and gas to China, India, and Europe, entirely bypassing the Strait of Hormuz, Strait of Malacca, Red Sea, and Suez Canal — eliminating the most concentrated geopolitical risk nodes in global energy trade.
The project converts zero-sum resource competition into a framework of shared economic interest. By creating physical infrastructure that makes every participant's prosperity interdependent, MECBN establishes what the report terms a "Mutually Assured Economic Prosperity" mechanism across the Persian Gulf and South Asia.
Investment is structured across GCC sovereign wealth funds, China's Belt and Road Initiative, Europe's Global Gateway program, multilateral institutions (World Bank, ADB, AIIB, BRICS Bank), and private capital through PPP models — implemented in phases to generate early demonstration benefits and attract subsequent investment.
《中东大陆桥网络》报告系统阐述了波斯湾跨海大桥及欧亚大陆桥网络的可行性、战略价值与综合效益。项目核心为连接伊朗阿巴斯港与阿联酋迪拔港的跨海通道，并将延伸形成连通中亚、南亚、西亚乃至东亚的综合物流、能源、资源与数字通道。这不仅是一项基础设施工程，更是"世纪工程"——通过构建深层经济相互依存关系，促进地区和平的战略平台。
项目核心为一座集时速250公里高速货运铁路、双向四车道高速公路、特高压直流输电线路、大容量光纤通信电缆、油气管道及年输水量百亿立方米淡水管道于一体的跨海通道（桥隧组合结构）。首期跨海通道锚定一个八期大陆桥网络，最终将波斯湾与红海、里海、地中海、阿拉伯海及印度洋连为一体。
本报告由环球战略通道研究所与秦岭科学（香港）研究院联合编制。
第一期工程通过桥隧组合结构连接伊朗阿巴斯港与阿联酋迪拔港，在霍尔木兹海峡上建成集铁路、公路、能源、数据与淡水于一体的多功能综合通道。
完整的中东大陆桥网络共规划八期工程，将波斯湾与红海、里海、地中海、阿拉伯海及印度洋相连，把西亚与东亚、南亚、中亚及非洲东北部串联成综合互联互通网络。
网络为海湾油气直达中国、印度与欧洲提供陆上通道，彻底绕开霍尔木兹海峡、马六甲海峡、红海与苏伊士运河，消除全球能源贸易中最集中的地缘政治风险节点。
项目将零和资源竞争转化为共同利益框架。通过实体基础设施将各方繁荣深度绑定，在波斯湾与南亚地区建立报告所称的"共同经济繁荣确保机制"。
投资来源涵盖海合会主权财富基金、中国"一带一路"、欧盟"全球门户"计划、世界银行、亚开行、亚投行、金砖国家开发银行及PPP模式私人资本，分期实施以尽早产生示范效益、吸引后续投资。