During Peng's time as a "merchant", one villager said, "China is a great country, leading the world. The Chinese are doing well, moving forward. Economically, many policies have been introduced. And in the past 30 years, technology has made great progress."
With small businesses linking China and Central Asia, paving the way for broader cultural and economic exchanges, Peng's "merchant journey" shares many aspects with trades that happened along the Silk Road.