Twelve years ago, 31-year-old Frederic Choux came to Dalian to set up his own business by bringing top-quality French wine to China.
Fang Yuan is having a meeting with software engineers in their office at the Over-seas Students Pioneer Park of Dalian Hi-tech Zone, in Northeast China's Liaoning province.
Having already forged extensive and amicable international ties, the southern China gateway metropolis of Guangzhou, Guangdong province, is wooing organizers of top international events to consolidate its position as a major center for international exchanges in the world.
The ambition to possess a network of international hubs has helped to lift the appeal of the business-friendly city of Guangzhou, Guangdong province, to investors. This is most clear in the rapid growth of capital input in 2015, as well as in the first half of this year.
This year has seen major investment projects funded by Fortune Global 500 companies in Guangzhou, such as Cisco (Guangzhou) Smart City, the southern headquarters of China Railway Construction Corp Ltd and COSCO Shipping Bulk Co Ltd.
"It was so exciting!" said a visitor who just stepped off a motorboat at the China Liuzhou International Water Carnival. Under the guidance of professional coaches, he had just tried an exhilarating water game.
Liuzhou, an industrial hub in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region in South China, has embraced rapid growth in attracting investment in recent years.
Three years after China proposed the Belt and Road Initiative, Chengdu, which lies at the intersection of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, has set up a new target to build itself into a national central city.
Tian Chuan, manager of Soluxe Club, one of the largest Chinese restaurants in Moscow, is excited about the freight train service that is planned to link Russia and Chengdu, Sichuan province.
While the ancient Silk Road is known throughout the world, another route - the Southern Silk Road that starts from Chengdu, capital of Southwest China's Sichuan province - remains little known.
Ningbo, a major manufacturing city in Zhejiang province, is looking to attract more international talents. The city will promote high-tech exchange and support emerging industry development during the Ningbo Talents, Science and Technology Week.
Ningbo, one of the first cities open to foreign trade in Zhejiang province, has achieved outstanding results in attracting global talents.
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