BEIJING, July 27 (Xinhua) -- E.China's Shandong province has invested approximately 5.12 billion yuan in countries and regions along the Belt and Road route in the first half this year, according to a press conference by the provincial government.
Shandong has been accelerating opening up with Qingdao approved to establish the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) regional economic and trade cooperation demonstration zone.
The province has also been deepening foreign investment cooperation, with the actual use of foreign capital totaling 65.52 billion yuan in the first six months, an increase of 3.8 percent year on year. (Edited by Niu Huizhe, niuhuizhe@xinhua.org)
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