Maritime Silk Road

From Ningbo to the world: China's port city evolving into global opening-up hub

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Thursday, March 28, 2024

The high probability of this trade link comes from Ningbo's unique port status, according to Information Office of Municipal Government of Ningbo.

Key Points: 
  • The high probability of this trade link comes from Ningbo's unique port status, according to Information Office of Municipal Government of Ningbo.
  • It has become an important port and shipping logistics center, strategic resource allocation hub and modern shipping service base in the world.
  • Looking ahead, Ningbo aims to build an international opening-up hub city.
  • From a port city to an international hub for trade, Ningbo is set to make its mark on the global map.

From Ningbo to the world: China's port city evolving into global opening-up hub

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Thursday, March 28, 2024

The high probability of this trade link comes from Ningbo's unique port status, according to Information Office of Municipal Government of Ningbo.

Key Points: 
  • The high probability of this trade link comes from Ningbo's unique port status, according to Information Office of Municipal Government of Ningbo.
  • It has become an important port and shipping logistics center, strategic resource allocation hub and modern shipping service base in the world.
  • Looking ahead, Ningbo aims to build an international opening-up hub city.
  • From a port city to an international hub for trade, Ningbo is set to make its mark on the global map.

CGTN: How China-proposed BRI helps incense-makers go global

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Sunday, March 3, 2024

Now nearly 70 years old, Pu produces incense in Yongchun County in Quanzhou, a coastal city in east China's Fujian Province.

Key Points: 
  • Now nearly 70 years old, Pu produces incense in Yongchun County in Quanzhou, a coastal city in east China's Fujian Province.
  • As China's seaborne trade thrived during Song (960-1279) and Yuan (1271-1368) dynasties, Quanzhou became the largest port in eastern China.
  • Thanks to the increase in international orders, workers and their families are enjoying more comfortable lives, an improvement partly driven by the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
  • Nowadays, the Arab states, which were important participants along the ancient Silk Road trade routes, are crucial partners with China in the BRI.

CGTN: How China-proposed BRI helps incense-makers go global

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Sunday, March 3, 2024

Now nearly 70 years old, Pu produces incense in Yongchun County in Quanzhou, a coastal city in east China's Fujian Province.

Key Points: 
  • Now nearly 70 years old, Pu produces incense in Yongchun County in Quanzhou, a coastal city in east China's Fujian Province.
  • As China's seaborne trade thrived during Song (960-1279) and Yuan (1271-1368) dynasties, Quanzhou became the largest port in eastern China.
  • Thanks to the increase in international orders, workers and their families are enjoying more comfortable lives, an improvement partly driven by the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
  • Nowadays, the Arab states, which were important participants along the ancient Silk Road trade routes, are crucial partners with China in the BRI.

Maritime Silk Road hub Wenzhou taps BRI opportunities with global peers

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Friday, December 1, 2023

Nearly 400 guests, including municipal officials, experts and scholars from 15 countries of Asia, Europe, Africa and America, gathered in Wenzhou, an important Maritime Silk Road hub, according to the Executive Committee.

Key Points: 
  • Nearly 400 guests, including municipal officials, experts and scholars from 15 countries of Asia, Europe, Africa and America, gathered in Wenzhou, an important Maritime Silk Road hub, according to the Executive Committee.
  • Through the ages, Wenzhou remains an influential hub along the Maritime Silk Road, contributing a unique role in facilitating peer city communication and cooperation.
  • Nurtured by the pioneering spirit of the Maritime Silk Road, open-minded Wenzhou people have been seizing the opportunities of promoting the high-quality development of the BRI and higher-level opening-up.
  • In addition to establishing an exchange platform, the two-day event also unveiled a report on the influence of China's Maritime Silk Road cities and the top 10 most influential Chinese Maritime Silk Road cities.

Glimpse of China's Maritime Civilization

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Thursday, November 30, 2023

During the 10th to 14th centuries AD, Quanzhou thrived in the flourishing international marine trade.

Key Points: 
  • During the 10th to 14th centuries AD, Quanzhou thrived in the flourishing international marine trade.
  • Underwater archaeological activities related to numerous shipwrecks have given people a glimpse of the influence of Quanzhou, a window into maritime civilization.
  • It was one of the most dominant ship types in ancient Chinese seafaring.
  • Spices were important trade goods on the Maritime Silk Road.

Conference to be held in Maritime Silk Road hub Wenzhou to promote peer city exchanges

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Wednesday, November 22, 2023

Through exchanges and interactions among Maritime Silk Road city municipal officials, experts and scholars from 13 foreign countries, the conference seeks to facilitate mutual learning and win-win cooperation in the region, according to the Executive Committee.

Key Points: 
  • Through exchanges and interactions among Maritime Silk Road city municipal officials, experts and scholars from 13 foreign countries, the conference seeks to facilitate mutual learning and win-win cooperation in the region, according to the Executive Committee.
  • Made up by a main session, five parallel sessions, and several special activities, the event will see the release of the "Maritime Silk Road Star City Index" and the list of the "Top 10 Influential Maritime Silk Road Cities 2023," and city branding and case studies by Maritime Silk Road city municipal officials.
  • An initiative to promote innovative development on Maritime Silk Road city cooperation will be released during the conference.
  • As an important hub along the Maritime Silk Road, Wenzhou is one of the first 14 coastal cities in China to open to the outside world.

The 8th Maritime Silk Road (Fuzhou) International Tourism Festival Promotional Video Released

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Monday, November 20, 2023

FUZHOU, China, Nov. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Gathering on the Maritime Silk Road Gateway: A Future of Learning and Winning from Each Other We Create

Key Points: 
  • FUZHOU, China, Nov. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Gathering on the Maritime Silk Road Gateway: A Future of Learning and Winning from Each Other We Create
    The 8th Maritime Silk Road (Fuzhou) International Tourism Festival kicked off in Fuzhou, Fujian Province on 17th November.
  • This year's Maritime Silk Road International Tourism Festival, with the theme "Gathering on the Maritime Silk Road Gateway: A Future of Learning and Winning from Each Other We Create", is a significant event marking the 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative.
  • Since 2015, the Maritime Silk Road (Fuzhou) International Tourism Festival has been held for seven consecutive years, offering a fresh platform for regional tourism cooperation that highlights, complements, and mutually benefits partner countries.
  • Caption: The 8th Maritime Silk Road (Fuzhou) International Tourism Festival promo video is released.

BRI helps Xiamen soar

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Thursday, November 2, 2023

Xiamen in Fujian province, located at the starting point of the Maritime Silk Road, has been actively participating in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).

Key Points: 
  • Xiamen in Fujian province, located at the starting point of the Maritime Silk Road, has been actively participating in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
  • Trade between Xiamen and BRI countries has increased from $24.8 billion to $50.9 billion in the past decade, with an average annual growth rate of 8.3 percent.
  • Total foreign trade between Xiamen and BRI countries reached 330.79 billion yuan ($45.22 billion) in 2022, a 12 percent increase compared to the previous year.
  • In 2018, Xiamen launched the Silk Road Maritime project, a new logistics facilitation platform aiming to boost transportation between China and countries along the Maritime Silk Road.

Global Times: Stupendous changes

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Tuesday, September 26, 2023

BEIJING, Sept. 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- In the territory of the Serbian capital of Belgrade, the Danube River represents the heart of summer happenings.

Key Points: 
  • In the eyes of locals, this cooperation has brought high-quality development and stupendous changes.
  • When HBIS eventually took the bold move, it was part of the Chinese company's "go global" strategy as well as part of the BRI cooperation between China and Serbia.
  • "There were domestic opposition voices," Song told the Global Times.
  • When Global Times reporters visited the Zijin Timok mine, the surrounding area was filled with trees and fields of green.