economic and trade cooperation china-laos railway strengthens...

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Economic and trade cooperation strengthens Sino-India relationship

China-Laos railwaybenefits villagers

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In the middle of April, the heat was intolera-

ble and the weather was unpredictable in Laos. It was time for the biggest local festival. Villagers in the mountains of cen-tral and northern Laos were enjoying the water sprinkling festival, while workers at the China-La-os railway construction si te outside the town were busy building.

Only about a year, in the mountains and waters of north Luang Prabang, Chinese companies built b r i d g e s a n d o p e n e d roads.

“ T h e h e a d o f Huifulai Village where the project is located, t o l d t h a t w h e n t h e railway is built, it will be so easy to go to the capital Vientiane. And i t i s a l so convenient to go to China. Gong S u z h o n g , s e c r e t a r y o f P a r t y W o r k i n g Committee Branch I of Ch ina Ra i lway No .8 Engineering Group, told the reporter that they were respons ib le for building 22.2 kilometers, the north of the Mekong River Peninsular. The C h i n a - L a o s r a i l w a y construction gave the villagers along the route a smooth road to go out.

“A kitchen helper s a i d t h a t v i l l a g e r s u s e d t o l i v e i n t h e r e m o t e m o u n t a i n s , now they move to the two sides of the road f o r c o n v e n i e n c e , ” s a id Wu Zh ib in , t he s e c r e t a r y o f P a r t y Working Committee of Branch II. Wu Zhibin said that to establish good relationship with v i l l a g e r s a l o n g t h e road and to p romote the rai lway building, they visited the local villagers and provided them wi th jobs . “We provided them jobs such as driving, cleaning and cooking so that they can make livings. And we will provide them with more skill trainings.”

T h e C h i n a - L a o s r a i l w a y i s a m a j o r s trategic cooperat ion p r o j e c t b e t w e e n t h e top leaders of the two countries. In the north, the railway starts from t h e b o r d e r b e t w e e n C h i n a a n d L a o s a n d ends i n t he sou th a t Vientiane. It was opened to traffic in December 2016. The total length is 414 kilometers and is planed to be completed in five years.

(Xinhua/ Zhang Jian-hua)

Indian and Chinese workers are working together at OPPO 's manufacturing base which is under construction in Noida,India. (Photo by People’s Daily/ Yuan Jirong)

Kunming customs upgrades to help China-South Asia Expo

Since 2014, the trade between China and

India has deve loped rapidly. In 2017, the bi-lateral trade volume be-tween the two countries reached 84.4 billion US dol lars , grew 20.3% from 2016, which was a record high. China maintains its status of the largest trade partner for India. In particular, China’s import from In-dia increased by nearly 40%, making bilateral trade more balanced. Cooperation in the field of infrastructure has been greatly improved. By the end of 2017, C h i n a h a d i n v e s t e d more than 8 billion dol-lars in India.

Trade cooperation is deepened

In the downtown of Bangalore, there is a huge construction site. The Chinese charac-ters “ 南 通 三 建 ” are w r i t t e n a t t h e g a t e . Under the guidance of Chinese technicians, I n d i a n w o r k e r s a r e binding steel bars and working on the civi l construction. This is the President Tower, a

high-end department building project joint-ly developed by India B a n g a l o r e J i n m e n Property Co. Ltd. and Ch ina J i angsu Nan-t o n g S a n j i a n G r o u p Co. , Ltd. The eleva-t ion o f the bu i ld ing is 161 meters . It will be a landmark in Ban-g a l o r e a n d e v e n i n Southern India.

M a o J i a n d o n g , Genera l Manager o f Nantong Sanjian Com-pany India Branch, said tha t the pro jec t was launched in July 2017. Nantong Sanjian is re-sponsible for financing, construction and pro-ject management, and advance the project by its brand management experience, while Indi-an party is responsible for communicating with local government and marketing and sales by using its local resourc-es. Sanjay raj, the exec-utive director of Jinmen Property, said that in the past four years, they had been seeking for a strong international cooperation partner. “ We had evaluated quite a few strategic partners

from the United States, Europe and China, and finally selected the Chi-nese company.

The cooperation be-tween Jinmen Property and Nantong Sanjian is an epitome of the coop-eration between China and India in economic and trade. Luo Zhaohui, China’s Ambassador to India, said that in recent years, Sino-India eco-nomic and trade coop-eration is deepened and more and more Chinese enterprises respond to India’s strategic pro-posal of “Made-in-In-dia” and “Digital India” by actively expanding Indian market.

Meet the needs of made-in-India

The industrial corri-dor spreads hundreds of miles in the vast Noida region of Uttar Pradesh, India. Driving out of the Noida city for over an hour in the indus-trial corridor, you can see a three-story steel frame factory already in shape, and a nearby foundation pit is under construction. This is the first phase of the OPPO

smart phone’s manufac-turing center construc-tion site. According to the project manager, the total construction area of the project is about 130,000 square meters, with a total investment of $300 million. When it is put into operation, the annual production c a p a c i t y w i l l b e 5 0 million mobile phones, which will be OPPO's second largest manu-facturing base in the world. Thirty thousand locals will be hired.

F r o m S e p t e m b e r 2014 , w i th t he p ro -motion of “Made-in-I n d i a ” f o r g e a h e a d s tead i ly, a se r ies o f ma jo r r e fo rm meas -ures have been imple-m e n t e d t o m e e t t h e needs of made-in-In-dia. In 2017, China's exports of mechanical and electronic prod-ucts to India increased 20.8%, contributed to China's exports to In-dia’s growth of nearly 11 percent.

From 2017, the Indi-an government has be-come more active in the global market, further loosening the mining

and export policies for its iron ore and other resources, and cutting export duties on related products. In 2017, Chi-na's imports of iron ore from India increased by 61.2%.

The largest foreign EPC contractor in India

On April 24th, Chi-n a D i a n j i a n G r o u p s igned an EPC con-tract with India Adani Group for building a 2×800 megawatt coal power s ta t ion . Feng Yanan, China Dianji-an’s representative in India, said that up to now, China Dianjian

has implemented 26 projects in India, to-tal ing over 9 bi l l ion U S d o l l a r s w i t h a n instal led capacity of over 20,000 megawatt, and i t i s the l a rges t foreign EPC contrac-t o r i n I n d i a . T h e i r company has won sev-eral awards, such as construction quali ty, social responsibi l i ty a n d e n v i r o n m e n t a l protection. They have p r o v i d e d m o r e t h a n 40,000 local jobs and trained a large number of skilled workers in shortage for India.

( P e o p l e ’s D a i l y / Yuan Jirong)

In 2017, the bilateral trade volume between the two countries reached 84.4 billion US dollars, grew 20.3% from 2016, which was a record high

Aerial photograph first posted on Xinhua Net shows the spectacular landscapes of the Dawei

Mountain National Park in Pingbian Miao Au-tonomous County, Yunnan Province. The scenic park features tropical virgin forests, great bio-di-versity and rare species, with majestic mountains stretching dozens of miles. (Photo from Xinhua)

Kunming Customs is making all neces-

sary preparations for the 5th China-South Asia Expo and the 25th Kun-ming Import and Ex-port Fair -- hereinafter referred to collectively as the China-South Asia Expo. The mult i-day event will be held June 14th to 20th.

Kunming Customs, prior to the opening of the China-South Asia

Expo, will implement centralized approval for inbound exhibits when a given organizer or its agents can provide guarantees. With the approval of Customs, exh ib i to r s and the i r agents can apply in ad-vance with their list of exhibits. Related items will then be transferred to the Kunming Dianchi International Conven-t i on and Exh ib i t i on

Centre for examination and clearance process-es, thus speeding up customs clearances and lowering related costs.

When exhibi t ions arrangement are being made, Kunming Cus-toms will give priority to meeting the require-ments of inbound exhib-its for the China-South Asia Expo. Customs will set up an express window for re levant

personnel and materials, implement a seven-day work sys tem fea tur-ing a 24-hour customs clearance appointment system, and provide a temporary on-site su-pervised warehouse to better serve exhibitors and meet the require-ments of customs super-vision.

“ W h e n a g e n t s submi t app l i c a t i ons for their exhibits, Cus-

toms can inspect the exhibits while they are being arranged at the booths,” said the chief of Kunming Customs, further explaining that this can minimize costs for exhibitors by facil-itating exhibition ar-rangement. To fulfil the above tasks, Customs will deploy its human resources in a t ime-ly manner, designate personnel to supervise

the China-South Asia Expo and set up special posts to handle related procedures. In addition, Customs will provide c o n s u l t i n g s e r v i c e s for exhibitors, related agencies and the public through various win-dows at ports, on-site consultation desks, a 12360 hotline, the of-ficial expo website and via other channels.

(Liu Ziyu)