BEIJING, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) — Chongqing Municipality, southwest China. It is a strategic base for the Belt and Road Initiative, or BRI, and has played an important role over the past decade. including the development of transportation networks creation of the platform Promotion of economic and trade cooperation Improve people-to-people exchanges between China and BRI partners. I invite you to read interesting statistics in Chongqing.
Global connection network
Yuxinou Railway Line (Chongqing-Xinjiang-Europe), which is the first China-Europe freight railway route. Nearly 50 routes have been launched, connecting more than 100 major cities in Europe and Asia, with 14,000 trips.
The new international land and sea trade corridor covers 473 ports in 120 countries and regions around the world.
Chongqing Airport has also become an international hub. With around 110 international flight routes
New growth drivers
Chongqing’s annual import and export trade volume with BRI-related countries reached 333 billion yuan (about 1.67 trillion yuan), with an average annual growth rate of 9%.
Between 2013 and 2023, Chongqing attracted US$29.3 billion (about US$1.03 trillion) in foreign investment, and 500 of Fortune Global’s largest companies have invested in Chongqing.
The China-Singapore Connectivity Initiative (Chongqing) has facilitated the signing of 265 projects between China and Singapore, with a total contract value of US$25.6 billion.
exchange between people
From 2013 to 2023, Chongqing hosted more than 400 events and activities in various fields, inviting around 40 heads of state.
There are various countries Come to establish consulates general in Chongqing, 13 countries.
Chongqing has 29 sister cities and 84 internationally friendly exchange cities which are currently BRI partner countries.
(Compiled by Qiu Jun, Xinhua Silk Road,
2024-01-12 07:54:53
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