Chinese navigator Zhai Mo (C) attends the launching ceremony of the new TV show on March 31, 2015. [Photo: Xinhua]

Chinese navigator Zhai Mo will appear in a new TV show where he and his team will sail the old Maritime Silk Road.

It's one of the earliest ancient trade routes connecting the East and West.

The show, produced by Southeast TV in Fujian province, will start in Pingtan in Fujian.

Zhai and his team of about eight sailors from different countries will travel across Asia, Africa and Europe, stopping in countries including Singapore, Egypt and Greece and completing the tour in Milan, Italy.

Zhai says he hopes to let the world see that China is now embracing the world and the future with an equally open mind.