BEIJING, April 12 (Xinhua) -- Central China's Henan province saw its trade with the countries along the Belt and Road routes stand at 66.58 billion U.S. dollars from 2014 to 2018, accounting for 18 percent of the province's total trade in goods during the period, said Wu Guoding, vice governor of Henan province in a forum held on Tuesday.
From 2014 to 2018, a total of 71 foreign-funded projects with B&R countries have been approved in Henan province, with new contracted foreign investment of 1.68 billion U.S. dollars and cumulative actual use of foreign capital reaching 4.94 billion U.S. dollars, added Wu.
In the future, Henan will further improve business environment and actively participate in the B&R construction so as to create a new pattern of all-round opening up, said the vice governor. (Edited by Bao Nuomin, Yang Yifan, baonuomin@xinhua.org, yangyifan@xinhua.org)