"Area" economic and trade cooperation to a new level

        "Area" initiative since the autumn of 2013 have come since the development of more than three years.In may this year, China will host the "area" of international cooperation peak BBS, the BBS is also launched the "area" initiative, the specifications of the highest international conference China in this regard.

        Recently published a series of data show that after more than three years of development, "One Belt And One Road" economic and trade cooperation is heating up.For example, "area" in the first quarter, investment, trade figures for this year "in" economic and trade cooperation reached a good beginning.In addition, the "One Belt And One Road" infrastructure is steady progress recently, highlights the international cooperation to a new level.

        According to the data issued by the ministry of commerce of China, in the first quarter of this year, China and the countries along the "area" total bilateral trade in goods of more than 1.6553 trillion yuan, up 26.2% from a year earlier.Among them, the exports of countries along the 937.6 billion yuan, up 15.8% from a year earlier, accounted for 28.2% of the total exports at the same period.Along the country imports 717.7 billion yuan, up 42.9% from a year earlier, accounting for 25.0% of the total amount of imports.

        In addition, two-way investment and cooperation continue to expand.In the first quarter of this year, China's "neighbourhood" all the way along the route 43 countries have new non-financial direct investment, a combined $2.95 billion, accounting for 14.4% of the total amount of the same period;Along with the new signing contract of foreign contracted projects in 61 countries, 952, the newly signed contracts can be $22.27 billion, accounted for 51.8% of the foreign contracted projects new signing contracts can at the same period, finished turnover of $14.39 billion, accounting for 49.2% of the total amount of the same period, up 4.7% from a year earlier.

        At the same time, China is constantly optimize the environment of foreign investment, enterprises of countries along the attract more investment in China.In the first quarter, "One Belt And One Road" along the 781 national investment in China to set up new enterprises, up 40% from a year earlier, the actual investment value of 8.45 billion yuan.

        In the first quarter of this year, China and the countries along the "area" new signing service outsourcing contracts reached 26.12 billion yuan, implement the amount is 16.41 billion yuan, year-on-year growth of 33.9% and 18%, respectively, in offshore outsourcing services accounted for 17.7% and 17.6% respectively.Among them, to undertake service outsourcing contracts can be 17.08 billion yuan of southeast Asian nations, perform amount is 10.94 billion yuan, increased by 49.4% and 49.4% respectively.

On this basis, a large number of major infrastructure projects, for example, China railway project - industrial park in belarus, Mombasa, Kenya - Nairobi, Serbia E763 highway projects also in steady progress.

        In addition, the recent "area" construction also harvest the following good news.On April 4, for the construction of enterprise cooperation between China and Indonesia, thousands of high-speed rail project general contract signing ceremony was held in Jakarta.On April 10, to the crude oil pipeline project put into operation;On April 10, first by the central European freight trains bound for China from the UK's largest container port port of London, to China yiwu, which reveals the "area" is to a new level of cooperation.