Cross-border e-commerce in China has created new growth in the country's foreign trade and facilitated trade, finance and people-to-people connectivity. Shopping in the global market Thanks to cross-border e-commerce platforms, shrimp produced in Ecuador can now be delivered to a dinner table in Beijing within a number of hours.
Over 60 train drivers from 13 Belt and Road countries arrived in Wuhan, central China’s Hubei province, on June 12 to receive driver training for high-speed rail. They are studying at a training center that has offered courses to almost 400 professionals in 14 separate batches since 2015.
Liu Zhenmin, UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, said Wednesday that China's Belt and Road Initiative and the United Nations' 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development have similar vision and principles. Liu Zhenmin.
The Fengyun-2H meteorological satellite, carried by a Long March-3A rocket, is launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 5, 2018. (Xinhua/Liu Kun) XICHANG, June 5 (Xinhua) -- China on Tuesday launched the new Fengyun-2H meteorological satellite to improve the accuracy of weather forecasting and provide better meteorological services to countries participating in the Belt and Road Initiative.