The first China-Laos freight train in 2022 loaded with 70 TEUs of exports from Zhejiang set off from Jinhua South Railway Station in Jinhua, East China's Zhejiang province, for Vientiane, capital of Laos, on Jan 16.
The China-Europe freight train X9216, which was loaded with exports from China, set off from Jinhua South Railway Station in Jinhua, East China's Zhejiang province for Uzbekistan on Dec 7.
The tenth Meeting of the China-Africa Think Tanks Forum opened in Hangzhou – capital of East China's Zhejiang province – on Oct 20.
The Zhejiang Province Belt and Road Studies Think Tank Alliance was reportedly officially launched on Sept 1 at Zhejiang Normal University.
East China's Zhejiang province has seen strong imports growth via the freight train service linking Europe in the first seven months of 2021, local customs said.
Hungary is looking to emphasize its role as a land transportation hub for China-Europe freight trains as it aims to further promote comprehensive cooperation between the country and China in the fields of modern trade, logistics and e-commerce.
Though the outbreak of COVID-19 had grounded Europeans for months and impacted the economy as a whole, some sectors such as the electronics business have spotted a niche given the surging demand for laptops and other gadgets at home.
A meeting held to promote the 5th China-Arab States Expo for Merchants from Countries Along the Belt and Road was held in Yiwu, a city in East China's Zhejiang, on June 21.
