One Belt One Road Europe
In early December 2017, Kiev and Beijing signed a joint action plan to develop the new Silk Roads, Ukraine officially joined the “Belt and Road” initiative. Chinese Vice Prime Minister Ma Kai and Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman have signed
For the 40th anniversary of the Sino-Japanese Peace and Friendship Treaty, on December 19, 2017, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he wanted to strengthen relations between the two countries. This announcement could eventually lead to a Japanese participation in
On 9 December 2017, Sri Lanka granted a 99-year concession over the commercial activities of the port of Hambantota to the Chinese company “China Merchants”. This acquisition is a new step in the development of the “Belt and Road” initiative.
On November 28- 29, 2017, China Construction 4.0 forum was held in Changsha, Hunan, as part of the”Prefabricated Building and Construction Technology Expo”. Sébastien Goulard, manager and consultant of Cooperans and coordinator of the OBOReurope platform, spoke at the”Belt and
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang traveled to Budapest on November 27, 2017 to attend the 6th China- Central and Eastern European Countries summit. This meeting took place within the framework of the 16 + 1 cooperation which brings together sixteen countries
On 17 November 2017, Dourges rail station in northern France welcomed the first freight train containing only Decathlon brand products imported from China. This train, which left Wuhan on October 28 in Hubei Province, took less than 20 days to
On November 17, 2017, Panama’s President Juan Carlos Varela met with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang during a state visit to China. The two presidents signed a cooperation agreement under the “Belt and Road” initiative. Thanks to
HNA Holding Group, subsidiary of HNA Group, a major company in the tourism industry in China and in the world with Hainan Airlines and Aigle Azur (France), has bought the Singaporean company CWT. CWT is the main logistics company in
During Russian Prime Minister Medvedev‘s visit to Beijing on November 1, 2017, President Xi Jinping said he supports the development of the Arctic Polar route as a new axis of the Belt and Road initiative. The Polar Route Russia has
On October 18, 2017, the 19th Congress of the Communist Party of China was inaugurated. At this event, President Xi Jinping received from CPC delegates a new five-year term as head of China. Communist Party delegates also enshrined Xi Jinping