Macao intl parade highlights Maritime Silk Road as cultural bridge
A renovation project for a school building at the Bafata campus of the China-Guinea-Bissau Friendship School was launched on Thursday in Guinea-Bissau's Bafata Region.
A China-Laos Railway international freight train loaded with goods departed from Kunming in southwest China's Yunnan Province on Wednesday, bound for Vientiane in Laos, marking this railway's cumulative cargo transport volume exceeding 80 million tonnes since its launch on Dec. 3, 2021, including more than 18 million tonnes of cross-border shipments.
In the course of the past ten years, Horgos Railway Port in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has become one of the busiest gateways for China-Europe freight trains, handling more than 19,000 train trips since the first train departed in March 2016.
Just a few blocks from Vietnam's Lao Cai Province, the "gateway hospital" in China serves not only local communities but also a growing number of patients from Southeast Asia, offering medical care that transcends borders.
Over the past decade, Chinese agricultural technician Yang Xiugang has worked in several countries, including Bangladesh, Malaysia, Nigeria and The Gambia. He has developed hybrid rice varieties adapted to local conditions and provided hands-on technical guidance to local farmers.
Built by Sinohydro, the Lower Nzoia Irrigation Project features 111 km of irrigation canals, 71 km of drainage channels, and a combined 736 km of tertiary irrigation and drainage dikes. The infrastructure has not only mitigated long-term flood threats but also helped overcome the challenges of rain-fed agriculture.
In the course of the past ten years, Horgos Railway Port in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has become one of the busiest gateways for China-Europe freight trains, handling more than 19,000 train trips since the first train departed in March 2016.
The China-Europe Railway Express handled 3,501 freight trips in the first two months of this year, carrying 352,000 twenty-foot equivalent units of goods, up 32 percent and 25 percent year on year, respectively, according to data released on Thursday by China State Railway Group Co., Ltd.
Since commencing operations in December 2021, the China-Laos Railway has transported over 18 million tonnes of cross-border freight, according to China Railway Kunming Group Co.
Located in Kisumu County, a key economic and transport hub in western Kenya, the area is well known for sugarcane cultivation and sugar production. A road project undertaken by Power Construction Corporation of China (PowerChina) is now bringing visible change to the region.
A drone photo taken on Feb. 26, 2026 shows China-Europe freight trains waiting for transloading at Suifenhe Railway Station in Suifenhe City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. As of Feb. 26, 2026, the eastern corridor of the China-Europe freight train network has witnessed more than 1,000 train trips on its railway lines this year, breaking the mark 26 days earlier than last year.
The China-Laos Railway saw a surge in cross-border passenger traffic during the recently concluded Spring Festival holiday, China Railway Kunming Group Co. said on Wednesday.
Constructed by Stecol Corporation, a Chinese construction firm, the road was recently opened to traffic about seven months ahead of schedule, serving as a vital link within the national transport network.
The China-Laos Railway has seen robust growth in both passenger and freight transport since its launch, providing strong support for regional connectivity and economic and social development along its route, according to China Railway Kunming Group Co., Ltd.
The Chinese and Lao sections of the China-Laos 500-kV power interconnection project were physically connected on Thursday, marking a major step forward in bringing the project into operation.
China's economic growth creates opportunities to expand the capabilities of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the Middle Corridor, fostering regional benefits and broader participation, said Vugar Bayramov, an Azerbaijani economist and member of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan, in a written interview with Xinhua.
A handover ceremony for materials under the China-aided Laos Distance Education Project (Technical Assistance Part), along with a summary meeting for the China-aided Laos Rural Teachers' Quality and Ability Improvement Project, was recently held in the Lao capital Vientiane.
China's largest land port for automobile exports, the Horgos Port in northwest Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, saw vehicle exports reach a record high in 2025.
The first cross-Caspian Sea China-Central Asia freight train from north China's Tianjin Municipality to Baku, Azerbaijan, departed on Monday, carrying goods such as stainless steel pipes and household appliances.
In a quiet studio in Jingdezhen, a Chinese city famous for its ancient porcelain heritage, Turkish artist Dilan Atasayar guided a brush dipped in cobalt blue across the curve of a white clay body.
China's New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor rail service handled a record 1.425 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of cargo in 2025, marking a 47.6 percent increase and surpassing the one-million-TEU milestone for the first time, China Railway Nanning Group said on Tuesday.
A freight train loaded with Chongqing-manufactured new energy vehicles waits for departure at Yuzui Station of Guoyuan Port in Chongqing, southwest China, Jan. 7, 2026. Departing on Wednesday, this freight train is expected to arrive at Nansha Port in south China's Guangzhou City after 48 hours and then be transferred to a vessel bound for the Middle East.
China's New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor rail service handled a record 1.425 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of cargo in 2025, marking a 47.6 percent increase and surpassing the one-million-TEU milestone for the first time, China Railway Nanning Group said on Tuesday.
A freight train that set off from Yiwu, east China's Zhejiang Province, reached Xigaze in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region on Saturday, marking the successful completion of all 12 freight trains in 2025, with a cumulative cargo value exceeding 230 million yuan (about 32.7 million U.S. dollars).
The train, carrying automotive and motorcycle parts, electronic products and other consumer goods, departed from Chongqing on Thursday. It was the first China-Europe freight train setting off from southwest China in 2026.
Chinese industrial and commercial enterprises have deepened pragmatic cooperation with Belt and Road partner countries in trade, investment and industries in 2025, data from the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade showed.
Erenhot, the largest land port on the China-Mongolia border, is a pivotal point of the China-Mongolia-Russia Economic Corridor. As of Dec. 22, inbound and outbound passenger traffic volumes and the number of vehicles driving through Erenhot reached 2.753 million and 741,000, respectively, up by 8.8 percent and 12.1 percent compared with the same period of last year.
The Kuwaiti Ministry of Public Works and China Communications Construction Company Limited (CCCC) on Friday signed an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the first phase of the Mubarak Al-Kabeer Port project on Boubyan Island in northern Jahra Governorate.
On the second floor of the East Africa Commercial and Logistics Center (EACLC) on the outskirts of Tanzania's port city of Dar es Salaam, bolts of neatly arranged clothing line the shelves as customers drift in from different corners of the East African nation and beyond.
A Chinese-built municipal road project in Matola, Mozambique's Maputo Province, has been completed and officially handed over, boosting urban connectivity and improving living conditions, local authorities said on Saturday.