BRI propels inland Chinese municipality toward forefront of opening up: vice mayor
Through actively participating in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Chongqing Municipality in southwest China is moving quickly toward the forefront of the country's opening up, Chen Mingbo, vice mayor of Chongqing, told Xinhua in a recent interview.View Details>
The first Belt and Road Conference on Science and Technology Exchange will take place in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality from Nov. 6 to 7, the State Council Information Office said Monday at a press conference.
In the first three quarters of the year, the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor saw more than 126,000 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) containers transported on railways and highways, and aboard rail-sea intermodal trains, up 19 percent year on year, according to a press conference held in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality.
Southwest China's Chongqing on Sunday welcomed the first direct cold-chain train of Thai durians that reached the megacity via the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor.
The New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor (ILSTC) Financial Services Consortium was launched at the fifth China-Singapore (Chongqing) Connectivity Initiative Financial Summit in China's Chongqing municipality on Friday.
Chongqing Mas Sci. & Tech. Co., Ltd. has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Siemens (China) to jointly improve the predictive maintenance solution for equipment failure in coal mines and non-coal industries, reported China Securities Journal Monday.
Carrying 60 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) of mechanical equipment, electronic and auto parts, the train will first reach Lincang in southwest Yunnan province and pass through Qingshuihe port on the China-Myanmar border before arriving at Myanmar's Mandalay in about 15 days.
Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality launched light shows on its landmark buildings on Monday evening for the 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties between China and Mexico.