Developer expanding China trading hub into a massive mixed complex

A Dubai-based developer is showing its confidence in trade and business ties between China and the United Arab Emirates by approximately tripling the size of a commercial hub in the Emirate.

Nakheel PJSC is the developer behind Dragon Mart, which the group claims is the world's biggest commodity trading hub for Chinese enterprises outside the Chinese mainland.

Since opening in 2004, the facility has attracted some 3,500 shops that are run by about 1,700 Chinese entrepreneurs offering goods from the mainland.