The Belt and Road Initiative is not just about trade and investment but also cultural exchanges, which are set to bring promising changes to China's cultural ties with other initiative participants, a senior Chinese culture official said on Friday.
Earlier this year, the Ministry of Commerce announced the launch of an additional seven free trade zones to accelerate the nation's opening-up and boost the Belt and Road Initiative, taking the number of FTZs to 11.
The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China has been helping Myanmar in development of the country's banking and monetary services by nurturing skilled banking personnel, He Biqing, general manager of ICBC's Yangon branch, has said.
A total of 700 China-Europe freight trains are expected to depart from Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, by the end of 2017, the regional logistic center said Thursday.
Government representatives, business leaders and researchers from China and countries from Central and Eastern Europe held a working meeting in Plovdiv on Oct. 19.
18 foreign diplomats came from 15 countries were in Chengdu to join a week-long trip to visit a southwestern part of the ancient Silk Road.
The China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative has reshaped the landscape of globalization and given more importance to emerging markets, experts said.
More than 70 representatives from seven countries met Tuesday to discuss details of a joint work team to deepen cooperation on China-Europe cargo train services.
With the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China around the corner, 32 leaders of media organizations from 27 countries along the Belt and Road routes have been invited to visit China.
A container train, which left western China at the end of September, arrived in the Latvian capital city Riga on Monday, local media reported.