A decade after Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed the Belt and Road Initiative to the world, beneficiaries and partners in the United Arab Emirates are hailing the global infrastructure development program for boosting the Arab nation's economic diversification plans.
Horgos Port in Xinjiang sees more domestically-made automobiles export
Sri Lanka's geographical location enables it to provide quick and efficient global and regional connectivity. More than 60,000 ships ply the route served by Sri Lanka annually, carrying two-thirds of the world's oil and half of the global container traffic.
Over six years of rapid growth, the land-sea corridor program has enabled western Chinese provinces and regions to form close links with global markets, especially in ASEAN member nations, sending their cargo to 393 ports across 119 countries.
China has always contributed to amplifying the voice of developing countries and protecting their interests, and never shirked its international responsibilities as being the largest developing nation in the world, a Pakistani expert said.
Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region has launched 22 China-Europe freight trains this year, delivering 2,420 20-foot equivalent units (TEU) of goods, up by 214 percent and 261 percent respectively compared with last year.
The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has emerged as a corridor of opportunity, traversing vast terrains to connect the warm waters of the Arabian Sea with the rich landscapes of China's western regions, a government official said Monday.
The China-Laos Railway that started cross-border passenger services in April had transported 41,735 passengers as of Saturday, when it marked the 100th day of operation.
Kenyan President William Ruto on Saturday met here with Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, with both sides pledging to deepen Belt and Road cooperation.
Aviation Industry Corp of China, the nation's leading aircraft maker that has sold many jets and helicopters to Africa, is helping an African nation build one of the largest airports on the continent.
Major Chinese infrastructure builders and contractors are expected to embrace more opportunities this year amid the release of pent-up demand in the post-COVID-19 era — especially in regions involved in the Belt and Road Initiative — and alongside continued strength in the sector domestically, a report said.
Egypt on Wednesday unveiled its first locally-produced oil rig in Ain Sokhna port in northeastern Egypt.
Piraeus port welcomed on Monday OOCL PIRAEUS, a newbuild of the Orient Overseas Container Line Europe (OOCL) and also one of the largest container vessels in the world.
The Belt and Road Initiative has brought unprecedented opportunities for Xinjiang.
A forum focusing on Belt and Road technology cooperation and green Silk Road development was held Saturday in Urumqi, the capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
North China's Tianjin Port handled over 11.35 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of containers in the first half of this year (H1), up 8 percent year on year, setting a new record, the port's operator said on Thursday.
China-Europe freight train services saw steady growth in the first half (H1) of this year, official data showed Thursday.
Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif said on Wednesday that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a flagship project of the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), has been playing a pivotal role in transforming Pakistan's economic landscape.
Manzhouli, China's largest land port, handled more than 10 million tonnes of imports and exports in the first half of this year, up 46.1 percent year on year, marking a record high for the period, according to China Railway Harbin Bureau Group Co., Ltd.
Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, handled 560 China-Europe freight trains in the first half (H1) of this year, surpassing 538 trains in the whole year of 2022, local railway authorities said on Monday.
A ship carrying exports including 564 cars and some auto parts departed on Monday from Chenglingji Port, in the city of Yueyang, Hunan Province, bound for the Russian port of Vladivostok, marking the launch of Hunan's first direct shipping route to Russia.
With a long whistle, a train chugs into the Horgos railway port, where Hemit Turhan directs a gantry crane to prepare to unload the cargo.
The Belt and Road Initiative is not merely hard infrastructure development, it is also a means to promote civilization exchanges.
"When observing the Chinese projects on the world map, we find that new infrastructures have been built, hundreds of jobs have been created, and the lives of people have been improved," said Ahmed al-Saeed, chairman of Egypt's Bayt Al-Hekma Cultural Group.
The daily volume of goods handled by Ganqmod Port, the largest highway port on the China-Mongolia border, has surpassed 170,000 tonnes so far this year, the port administration said Thursday.
A freight train loaded with auto parts, garments, and other goods Saturday departed from Alataw Pass, a primary land port in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, heading for Malaszewicze in Poland. It marks the 3,000th such train passing through the port this year.