HONG KONG, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- The Ministry of Commerce, the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), and the Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association (HKCEA), jointly hosted the Belt and Road trade investment policy and practice exchange in Hong Kong on Monday.
Economic and commercial counselors of the Chinese embassy in Pakistan, Vietnam, Israel, Belarus, and Georgia have discussed the trade investment and cooperation opportunities along the Belt and Road with nearly 400 representatives in governmental agencies, and enterprises.
Chu Shijia, director of the Department of Comprehensive Affairs of the Ministry of Commerce, said that Hong Kong is an important node in the construction of the Belt and Road. Since 2013, the Ministry of Commerce and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, have organized lots of enterprises from Chinese mainland and Hong Kong to countries along the Belt and Road routes for investment and trade fair for six consecutive years, which attracted more than 1,000 local enterprises to participate and promoted a number of cooperation intention.
Wu Bin, Economic and Commercial Counselor of the Chinese Embassy in Israel, introduced that from 2013 to 2017, the number of Israeli high-tech projects invested by Chinese investors increased from 20 to 61, and the transaction volume increased to 308 million U.S. dollars from 76 million U.S. dollars. (Edited by Ma Xin, maxin11@xinhua.org)