Journalists from SCO countries visit Lianyungang, discover city's prosperity
A delegation of journalists from Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) countries recently visited Lianyungang, east China's Jiangsu province, during an SCO event, to get closer to the charm of the pivot city along the Belt and Road and record the stories of its prosperity.
The
four-day event, titled "Media Representatives from SCO Countries Visiting
Lianyungang in 2023," kicked off on May 24 and invited journalists from
China, India, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan to nine
sites in Lianyungang, including the Lianyungang Petrochemical Industry Base,
SCO (Lianyungang) International Logistics Park, China-Kazakhstan (Lianyungang)
Logistics Cooperation Base, etc.
Pakistani
anchor, columnist and analyst Suharwardy Muzamal
said China has set a good example for other countries in development.
"Lianyungang
just left a deep impression on me. There are so many containers and ships and
I'm amazed by how busy the trade is here. This fully demonstrates to the world
the strong momentum of China's economic development," he said.
Lianyungang sits on the junction of the coast of
Jiangsu province and the Longhai railway, a major arterial east-west railway in
China. Thanks to the unique geographical location, the city has gradually
developed into a strong pivot along the Belt and Road.
In 2014,
the China-Kazakhstan (Lianyungang) Logistics Cooperation Base was built in the
city, which is believed to be the first physical facility constructed after the
proposal of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Ever since, Kazakhstan, the world's
largest landlocked country, has gained an outlet to the Pacific.
Over the past
nine years, Lianyungang has made ceaseless efforts to promote
Asia-Africa-Europe connectivity as a port city, building a pattern of
high-level opening up.
Themed
"Promoting Closer Belt and Road Cooperation for Better Connectivity,"
the event was co-hosted by The Good-Neighborliness,Friendship and Cooperation
Commission of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and Lianyungang Municipal
People’s Government, and co-organized
by Lianyungang Development and Reform
Commission, Publicity Department of Lianyungang Municipal Committee of the CPC,
Foreign Affairs Office of Lianyungang Municipal People’s
Government. Institute of Belt and Road Initiative,Tsinghua University provides
support.Global Times Online was a media partner of the event.
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