Jiangsu's trade with the EU dipped 15 percent year-on-year to 132.6 billion yuan while the EU remained its biggest trade partner. Imports and exports to countries along the Belt and Road accounted for 25.8 percent of the province's total foreign trade, reaching 232.26 billion yuan.
Jinshan, Fengxian and Lingang were selected for the industrial base and they will be coordinated at the city level to cooperate with Zhangjiang and maintain high-end and green development, Cao said.
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Jinny Yan, chief China economist at ICBC Standard Bank, agrees, adding that Xi's speech was consistent with China's existing plans to further its reform and opening-up, instead of being distracted by short-term US trade tensions.
Jiaxiang produces more than 70 million pairs of gloves annually, according to the county's glove industry association. These are mainly sports gloves used for skiing, hunting and shooting.
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Jingye said it plans to invest 1.2 billion pounds in British Steel during the next decade. It will upgrade the plants and machinery, improve the company's environmental performance, and boost energy-efficiency to place the operations on a more "competitive and sustainable footing".
Joining hands with the National Institute of Hospital Administration under the National Health Commission, Baxter's dialysis products are delivered directly to patients' homes in Liaoning, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Henan, Hubei and Hunan provinces. The initial investment behind the project totaled million.
Joint contribution to the Belt and Road Initiative has become a focus of bilateral cooperation, Xi said, stressing that the two sides should promote balanced development of trade, deepen cooperation in finance and investment, expand partnership in connectivity, and enhance people-to-people exchanges.
Ju Weimin, vice-chairman and president of the CIC, said the company will continue along this path and dig further into new investment opportunities brought by the Belt and Road Initiative, exploring third-party market cooperation under the framework of BRI.