Chengdu, capital of Sichuan Province, and neighboring Chongqing Municipality, both located in southwestern China, are emerging as dynamic regions leading the way in further opening up and development in the country's western regions.
In Chongqing, a bustling inland metropolis in southwest China, lies a place called "Tuanjiecun," meaning "united village." Indeed, it serves as a vital link "uniting" the world through an extensive rail network that stretches in all directions: west, east, north, and south.
On April 23, a key tunnel of KK Highway, Georgia's North-South Corridor, was successfully bored through ahead of schedule, cutting travel time from the previous one hour to 20 minutes. Constructed by China Railway Tunnel Group Co., Ltd., the Gudauri Tunnel is projected to resolve the seasonal traffic disruption that has fretted the country for years.
The China-Laos Railway had handled over 8 million tonnes of import and export goods as of Sunday, said Kunming Customs.
With the arrival of spring, northwest China's Qinghai Province is about to usher in the peak tourist season. In the villages of agricultural and pastoral areas, as well as among urban factories, traditional Tibetan cultural products such as shining silver and bronzewares and gorgeous Tibetan carpets are continuously produced.
Despite the name change, the openness of Xi'an, the eastern starting point of the ancient Silk Road, endures, albeit in a more modern form.
The Chinese-built 752.7-km Ethiopia-Djibouti railway earned 2.84 billion Ethiopian birr (about 50 million U.S. dollars) in the first nine months of the current Ethiopian fiscal year 2023/2024, which started on July 8, 2023, an Ethiopian official said Wednesday.
Located 18 km south of Luanda, Angola's capital, the "new city" Kilamba stands prominently on the horizon. More than a decade after its completion, this monumental public welfare project, executed by Chinese firms, comprises 700 buildings and 20,000 housing units, providing contemporary living conditions for its 120,000 inhabitants.
The Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway marked its six months of operation on Wednesday with a total of 2.56 million passengers transported, said PT Kereta Cepat Indonesia-China (KCIC), a joint venture consortium between Indonesian and Chinese state-owned firms that constructs and runs the HSR.
Lasting from April 13 to 18, the expo themed "Share Open Opportunities, Co-create a Better Life" attracts many enterprises from countries participating in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
With the theme of "Connectivity and Shared Prosperity," the World Internet Conference (WIC) Digital Silk Road Development Forum was held on Tuesday in Xi'an, the capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province.
The Amador Cruise Terminal, constructed by China Harbor Engineering Company, was recently inaugurated in Panama. Panamanian President Laurentino Cortizo attended and presided over the ceremony.
In 2022, the China-aided Suriname Agricultural Technical Cooperation Center launched a technical assistance project, including 10 training sessions for over 300 individuals. Surinamese President Chandrikapersad Santokhi attended the launch ceremony. He saw China's technologies as instrumental in fostering high-yield, high-quality agricultural produce and vital for improving the livelihoods of farmers in Suriname.
A large number of vehicles traveled on the Chinese-invested Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Expressway on Sunday as people flocked to the coastal province of Preah Sihanouk in southwest Cambodia during traditional New Year holiday.
China-Europe freight train services recorded solid expansion in the first quarter (Q1) of 2024, data from China's railway operator showed Sunday.
One year ago, the cross-border passenger service on the China-Laos Railway was launched, contributing to socio-economic development in Laos, boosting regional connectivity, as well as providing stable dynamics for economic cooperation between Laos and China.
Import and export cargo volumes at the border rail port of Hunchun in Jilin Province, northeast China, exceeded 1 million tonnes in the first quarter of the year, hitting a record high, according to the border checkpoint in Hunchun.
It took about 12 days for a batch of China-made TV modules, onboard a China-Europe freight train, to arrive in Poland, where they would be assembled into complete televisions.
he first JSQ freight train from Harbin to Europe, which is loaded with 290 domestic commercial vehicles from China, departed on Tuesday. The JSQ is a special train model dedicated to the transportation of automobiles.
A freight train loaded with containers of goods was departing from China's northern city of Shijiazhuang to the European city of Belgrade, capital of Serbia, in late March.
After an eight-day voyage, a cargo ship loaded with 68 tonnes of mangosteens docked at the port of Qinzhou in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Having cleared customs swiftly, the fruits imported from Indonesia were transported to nearby provinces, as well as the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the Yangtze River Delta.
Northeast China's ports of Manzhouli, Suifenhe and Tongjiang Railway Port, have seen over 1,400 China-Europe freight train trips in the first quarter of this year, according to the China Railway Harbin Group Co., Ltd.
Indonesia's Ministry of Transportation has expected a surge in passengers of the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed train during the first Eid moment for the train.
A new international freight train route linking Taiyuan, capital of north China's Shanxi Province, with Moscow, the Russian capital, began operations on Thursday.
While highlighting the remarkable achievements unlocked by the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), participants at the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2024 also called on participating countries to strengthen cooperation in technological innovation and the digital economy.
With the last wind-driven generator installed, Cox's Bazar wind plant, the first centralized wind power project in Bangladesh invested and constructed by Chinese enterprises, was fully put into operation on Sunday.
China's rail-sea intermodal trains have completed 2,000 trips along the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor since the beginning of 2024, achieving the first-quarter target ahead of schedule.
Since its launch in 2013, the BRI has been welcomed by all CEMAC countries as a model for cooperation with China in infrastructure development and socioeconomic transformation, said Elvis Ngolle Ngolle, international relations expert and former cabinet member of the Cameroonian government.
As of Tuesday, the China-Laos Railway had handled a total of 30.2 million passenger trips since its launch in December 2021, data from the China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. showed Thursday.
A new international freight train route linking Harbin, the capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, with Tilburg in the Netherlands, has been launched, becoming the first China-Europe freight train service connecting the border province with a city in the Netherlands.