A bird's eye view of Wuxi. [Photo/Wuxi Daily]
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative and Wuxi in East China's Jiangsu province has seen frequent business exchanges with countries involved in BRI.
To date, businesses in the city have invested over $5.03 billion in BRI countries, and in the first eight months of this year, Wuxi exported 99.76 billion yuan ($13.67 billion) in cargo to these countries, up 5 percent year-on-year.
What footprint has Wuxi left in BRI countries?
A passenger train made by Wuxi Jinxin Group with Vietnamese peers for Vietnam. [Photo/wifiwx]
The passenger flights connecting Wuxi and Singapore which are managed by Singapore's Jetstar Airways will resume in December.
The China-Europe freight train carried products made by Wuxi-based Little Swan departed Wuxi to Moscow in 2022. Compared with conventional land or sea transportation, rail transit reduces logistics costs by 20 percent.
The Wuxi business delegation facilitated the signing of projects worth $3.86 billion during their visit to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
An African man learns about freshwater fishery from Wuxi professionals. [Photo/wifiwx]
Wuxi Huaguang Electric Power Engineering Co has built the only coal-fired power station in Myanmar, accounting for 40 percent of the total energy generated in Shan state.
Wuxi Jinxin Group cooperated with Vietnamese peers to formulate standards for producing trains in Vietnam and has manufactured passenger trains in the country.
As of August, the Freshwater Fisheries Research Center of the Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences had fostered more than 2,600 senior aquatic technical and management professionals for 54 countries in Africa.
