Labor is keeping the door open on signing up for China's ambitious new Silk Road plan.
One Belt One Road is the superpower's vast infrastructure blueprint to boost trade and cut transit times by forging a connection via the ancient Silk Road land route and sea routes with Eurasia, Africa, Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Europe.
Sixty-eight countries have signed up for the scheme including New Zealand but Australia is holding out, mostly over national security concerns.
Opposition treasury spokesman Chris Bowen is expected to flag Labor's support for potential Australian involvement at a speech to the Asia Society in Sydney later today (29/09)
He says the matter will be considered with an "open mind", if Labor wins the election.
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