Changchun, the capital of Jilin province in Northeast China, has launched a campaign with the aim of speeding up the massive restoration of and improvements to the old city that began last June.
The reconstruction project of Changchun's old city has influenced and changed the lives of more than 2 million residents in the downtown area, in the process winning glowing praise from locals.
Restoring three historical precincts in Changchun, an important part of the old quarter's reconstruction, have helped make it a new cultural landmark and promoted the city's successful formal application to become a designated National Famous Historical and Cultural City.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations is of great importance to the Belt and Road Initiative and China will continue building closer relations with the region, Chinese Vice-Premier Zhang Gaoli told the opening ceremony of the 14th China-ASEAN Expo on Tuesday.
The 14th China-ASEAN Expo, a major platform connecting members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, has set itself big goals for its ongoing meeting on Sept 12-15 in Nanning.
The Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region in South China reported a foreign trade volume of 178.6 billion yuan ($27.57 billion) in the first half of this year, up 30 percent from the same period last year, according to the local statistics bureau.
The China-Arab States Auto Cooperation Conference witnessed the signing of two Sino-Egyptian agreements that aim to shift the two countries' automotive cooperation toward localization, as part of the growing network of international ties along the Belt and Road.
The Sino-French joint venture Dongfeng Renault Automobile has vowed to expand its presence in the Chinese market, with a focus on offering the latest localized crossover models, and possibly a domestically made sedan in 2019.
The country's car financing market could more than double in the next three years, on the back of a push by dealers to reach sales targets and an anticipated surge in the finance leasing sector, according to estimates from the China Automobile Dealers Association.
Chinese electric car startup Future Mobility Corp said it is now ready to charge ahead into an increasingly digitalized era with its brand Byton, an ambition made public last week in Shanghai.
German premium carmaker BMW has vowed to significantly ramp up its production of electric cars and to roll out an array of battery-powered models over the next couple of years, including for its premium brand Rolls-Royce, to win the industry-wide race for cleaner, greener mobility.
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