China-Mongolia border port sees rise in cross-border traffic
The Kuwaiti Ministry of Public Works and China Communications Construction Company Limited (CCCC) on Friday signed an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the first phase of the Mubarak Al-Kabeer Port project on Boubyan Island in northern Jahra Governorate.
On the second floor of the East Africa Commercial and Logistics Center (EACLC) on the outskirts of Tanzania's port city of Dar es Salaam, bolts of neatly arranged clothing line the shelves as customers drift in from different corners of the East African nation and beyond.
A Chinese-built municipal road project in Matola, Mozambique's Maputo Province, has been completed and officially handed over, boosting urban connectivity and improving living conditions, local authorities said on Saturday.
A solar photovoltaic power station built by Chinese companies was inaugurated on Tuesday in central Tunisia's Kairouan province.
The freight volume of China-Europe freight trains passing through the Erenhot Port -- the largest land port between China and Mongolia -- has exceeded 5 million tonnes as of Monday this year, an increase of 22.7 percent year on year, hitting a new record, according to customs authorities.
China and Singapore on Monday pledged to deepen cooperation across various sectors, and agreed to work together to safeguard the multilateral trading system to increase regional prosperity and stability.
Two freight trains under China-Singapore Multi-modal Demonstration Project departed from Chongqing on Monday, heading to Singapore via Chongqing-Southeast Asia Railway Express and Kazakhstan through Chongqing-Central Asia International Railway Express, respectively.
Chinese engineers are building an innovative subsea tunnel in Abu Dhabi using a pioneering "cut-and-cover with cofferdam" method, drawing broad recognition for its technical advancement and efficient execution.
As a China-Europe freight train composed of 60 carriages and loaded with home appliances and digital products departed from the Manzhouli railway port in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, the "eastern corridor" of the China-Europe freight train network this year has witnessed 5,166 trains operating on its railway lines.
A China-Europe freight train loaded with garments, toys, electromechanical products and auto parts departed earlier this week from Horgos Railway Port in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region for Malaszewicze, Poland, marking the 9,000th such train to pass through the port this year.
Proximity to China and participation in the Belt and Road Initiative are opening up new trade and investment opportunities for the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh.
Four years after the China-Laos Railway traversed the rugged mountain ranges, this cross-border line has become far more than a transport corridor. It has won growing trust from Lao people and businesses, while reshaping community livelihoods and serving as a key driver of local economic progress.
Joining the 400-megawatt Lower Sesan II hydropower station in Sesan district in northern Cambodia in 2017, Houng had been trained by Chinese experts to operate and maintain the machinery that generates power.
The China-Laos Railway has handled over 62.5 million passenger trips and more than 72.5 million tonnes of cargo since its launch four years ago, injecting strong momentum into regional economic and social development, the China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. said Tuesday.
Undertaken by the Shanghai Construction Group, the work on the Cambodia-China Mekong Kratie Friendship Bridge commenced in early 2023. To date, over 98.4 percent of the bridge has been completed.
A freight train bound for Budapest, Hungary, departed from southwest China's Chongqing Municipality on Sunday, marking the launch of a new fixed-schedule China-Europe freight train service, also known as China Railway Express.
Cambodian relocated villager Laing Nuth has expressed her satisfaction with the development of the Lower Sesan II hydropower station here, saying that the project has not only generated clean and reliable energy, but also significantly changed the lives of local residents.
Five years ago, Zhu Hao, marketing general manager of Jiangxi Sanyou Furniture in east China's Jiangxi Province, could hardly imagine that the European market would one day become a major client. Today, however, Europe accounts for 70 percent of the company's foreign orders.
Over 2,000 years ago, during the Western Han Dynasty (202 BC-25 AD), Chinese envoy Zhang Qian embarked on a journey from Chang'an, known as Xi'an today, to the Western Regions via Central Asia. His expedition laid the foundation for the ancient Silk Road, creating an early model for transcontinental exchange.
China and Tanzania have taken a significant step toward deepening railway cooperation with the completion of a major training program for Tanzanian railway technicians.
The deepening of cultural exchange and collaboration among Maritime Silk Road cities is underway, according to the ongoing 2025 Maritime Silk Road Urban Cooperation & Development Conference and the International Travel Agents Conference in Wenzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province.
At an international forum on the China Railway Express on Tuesday, government officials, scholars, entrepreneurs and representatives of international organizations from home and abroad commended the freight train service's role in stabilizing global industrial and supply chains, and in boosting development.
In the early winter at Xi'an International Port Station, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, the roar of locomotives and the bustle of cranes paint a vivid picture of connectivity. The X9043 China-Europe freight train departed for Baku, Azerbaijan, laden with auto parts, photovoltaic modules, and e-commerce goods, a testament to the "steel camel fleet" that fuels cross-continental trade.
China-Europe freight trains have made nearly 120,000 trips, according to figures announced at the second China-Europe Railway Express Cooperation Forum held Tuesday in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province.
Launched in 2013, the China-Europe freight train in Xi'an has ranked first nationwide in key aspects such as the number of trains, freight volume and laden-container ratio for many years.
As an important part of the eastern corridor of the China-Europe freight train service, Tongjiang Railway Port has handled a total of 273 China-Europe freight train trips since it was launched in 2022, with over 14 million tonnes of imported and exported goods, according to data from China Railway Harbin Group Co., Ltd.
The New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor (ILSTC), a key logistics route connecting western China to global markets, reported a massive surge in cross-border road transport from January to October this year. The number of truck trips exceeded 11,000, with cargo value surpassing 15 billion yuan (about 2.12 billion U.S. dollars) -- up 200 percent and 450 percent year-on-year, respectively.
For nearly 40 years, German tourism veteran Heinrich Kriwet has kept a small bronze replica of a flying horse, a souvenir that carries 2,000 years of history and Kriwet's lifelong connection with China.
A freight train carrying 46 containers of goods left the border city of Hunchun in northeast China's Jilin Province on Tuesday heading for the Russian capital city of Moscow, marking the launch of a new postal train service.
Namibia officially inaugurated the Dr. Hage G. Geingob Freeway on Monday in the capital, Windhoek, marking the completion of a landmark infrastructure project set to transform regional transport and boost economic development.