China and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for cooperation on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
The China-Laos railway and the Vientiane-Boten expressway will provide huge momentum in strengthening Laos' connectivity with the rest of the region, local daily Vientiane Times on Tuesday quoted Acting President of the Lao National Economic Research Institute Sathabandith Insyxiengmay as saying.
In the year of 2020 when the world was hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, factories have stopped roaring, people stayed at home, fearing of contracting the virus. However, projects of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) have kept proceeding, offering a beacon of hope for Pakistan that has been longing for a recovery from the pandemic and a takeoff of its economy.
A record number of 9,679 inbound and outbound China-Europe freight trains passed through northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in 2020, according to China Railway Urumqi Group Co. Ltd.
Cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has made new progress and demonstrated a strong resilience under the COVID-19 pandemic, said Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
The China-Laos railway tracks have successfully extended from Lao capital Vientiane to northern Laos' transport hub Luang Prabang on Tuesday, thus accomplishing all the construction targets set at the beginning of 2020.
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Thanks to the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) proposed in 2013 by Chinese President Xi Jinping, who visited Piraeus in November 2019, the ancient port is bustling with fresh vitality and moving towards a promising future.
China State Construction Engineering Corp, the nation's largest builder, has announced completion of an infrastructure project each in Pakistan and Algeria, two economies that are participating in the Belt and Road Initiative.
While Belt and Road cooperation is well-known for bringing vast development benefits to participating countries, the Chinese companies constructing BRI projects also prioritize on environmental protection.
Dhabeji Special Economic Zone (SEZ) to be developed under the framework of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) in Pakistan's Sindh province will generate 1 billion U.S. dollars investment and provide 100,000 direct and indirect jobs for local population, Chief Executive Officer of Sindh Special Economic Zones Management Company (SEZMC) said on Wednesday.
The first cargo train from Turkey to China has arrived in the northwestern Chinese city of Xi'an. All goods completed customs clearance, according to local authorities.
China and Ukraine agreed on Wednesday to work together to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, comprehensively deepen cooperation on the Belt and Road Initiative, and leverage their respective strengths for mutual development.
Two new rail tracks were commissioned on Tuesday at the China-Mongolia border port of Erenhot, increasing the total to three to enhance the cargo throughput capacity at customs.
A freight train departed the city of Shangqiu in central China's Henan province on Tuesday to join a China-Europe freight train service in the provincial capital Zhengzhou, launching Henan's first Europe-bound freight train service starting from outside Zhengzhou.
China and the Philippines have recently signed contracts to build three more bridges in the capital Metro Manila to help improve traffic congestion, the Chinese embassy in the Philippines said on Monday.
The Vientiane-Vangvieng section of the China-Laos expressway, the first highway in Laos jointly constructed by the Lao government and China's Yunnan Construction and Investment Holding Group (YCIH), was inaugurated on Sunday.
The China Council for the Promotion of International Trade has launched more than 300 online trade fairs this year to help steady foreign trade amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a Chinese official said on Thursday.
China and the African Union have signed an agreement to promote the Belt and Road Initiative in Africa. This marks China's latest move to boost bilateral economic cooperation, according to the country's top economic regulator.
No. 1 Tunnel of the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway (HSR) was successfully holed through on Tuesday here, marking another significant progress in the construction of the railway.
Guo Shengkun, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on Monday, co-chaired the fourth meeting of the intergovernmental committee of cooperation with Belarusian first deputy prime minister Nikolay Snopkov via video link.
A new China-Europe freight train route has been launched, linking the city of Ankang in northwest China's Shaanxi Province with Central Asian and European cities.
A conference focusing on integrity in economic recovery following the COVID-19 outbreak was attended by Belt and Road cooperation partners in Beijing on Tuesday night.
China-Europe freight trains to and from Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, made more than 3,400 journeys in the first 11 months of this year, almost double the figure from the same period last year, local authorities said on Tuesday.
With a number of power and transport projects built in recent years, the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is playing a positive role in Europe, providing clean power and high-quality infrastructure to local people.
A total of 2,158 China-Europe freight trains passed through the border port of Erenhot in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in the first 11 months of this year, an increase of 53.4 percent year on year, according to the local railway operator.
Multilateralism is picking up momentum thanks in part to the recent signing of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, paving the way for cooperative initiatives like the Belt and Road Initiative to enter into a high-quality development phase, said experts and business executives.
China Harbor Engineering Company (CHEC) has begun construction for the expansion of the Jaya Container Terminal (JCT) in the Port of Colombo in Sri Lanka.
China and its international partners have taken another step forward to facilitate green investment in the Belt and Road Initiative by establishing a green development institute in Beijing.
Companies involved in the Belt and Road Initiative have committed themselves to improving integrity and compliance management, strictly abiding by laws and fulfilling social responsibilities.