With trade links with over 180 countries and regions, the port now plays an important role in the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative. Its container throughput reached 8.33 million tonnes in the first half of this year, a year-on-year growth of 6.7 percent, higher than the average growth of Chinese ports.
Wu Zhengping, head of the Trade Development Bureau at the Ministry of Commerce, said the Chinese pavilion, the event's largest country pavilion, features many designs indicating that China will not close its doors to the world and will become increasingly open.
Witnessed by Xi and his Swiss counterpart Doris Leuthard, the two sides signed 10 documents to boost cooperation in areas including free trade, clean energy, sports, customs and intellectual property.
With today’s announcement, Microsoft solidifies its position as a technology alternative to Amazon and Amazon Web Services for retailers reluctant to do business with Amazon. The Seattle e-commerce giant is the public cloud leader through its Amazon Web Services division. Amazon has increasingly been moving into physical retail with its Whole Foods acquisition and new initiatives such as its Amazon Go checkout-free stores.
Workplace messaging company Slack Technologies Inc plans to hold an investor presentation on Monday in advance of its direct listing next month. Grocery and food delivery platform Postmates, WeWork owner The We Company and online mattress retailer Casper Sleep are among startups seeking to launch IPOs this year.
Wolfgang's Steakhouse from New York City is opening its second branch in Beijing on Oct 26.
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Workers assemble an ER30 model on a production line at Dongfeng Automobile in Xiangyang, Hubei province. YANG DONG / FOR CHINA DAILY
Workers at a Foxconn Technology Group plant in Shenzhen, Guangdong province. The tech giant will enhance its production capacity at its plants in Hengyang, Hunan province. WANG LEI / FOR CHINA DAILY
Woodburn did not envisage rail replacing shipping but said the transportation of goods from inland Chinese factories on renewably-powered, electrified freight trains "could one day make rail the sustainable long-distance freight transport the world needs".
Workers talk near a tunnel boring machine at Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Ltd on Oct 15, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]