2020年CRI China-Eurasia Expo a key platform for trade cooperation

 

More than 700 enterprises from China and across Eurasia are taking part in the 6th China-Eurasia Expo that has opened in Xinjiang.

At Nala Dairy's booth at the trade expo, a variety of goat and camel milk products are on display.

Ilmizat is an employee in the sales department of the new company, which was recently established in Xinjiang. He says that the expo is a good opportunty to raise the profile of their brand in the region.

"As we focus on investing and developing markets in Central Asia, the Belt and Road Initiative is a very good opportunity for our company. More of our products are being exported to countries like Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan."

Exhibitors from overseas are taking advantage of the opportunity presented by the expo to expand their businesses inside China.

Gilan has taken to the stage at the expo to promote its range of specialty¹ food products ranging from juices to wines. Ismayil Alizade, regional export manager of the company from Azerbaijan, says they keen to tap into the market in China.

"We don't have customers yet in China, but we'll see. And hopefully, people here will like our products and will start to know Azerbaijani products. We are looking for big distributors to distribute our products to supermarket chains."

At the opening ceremony for the expo, Vice² Commerce Minister Fu Ziying says the trade cooperation between China and Eurasian countries has expanded under the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative.

"Last year, the volume of bilateral³ trade between China and Eurasian countries reached 2.9 trillion U.S. dollars, accounting⁴ for 70 percent of the total amount of China's foreign trade. And mutual⁵ investment reached nearly 200 billion U.S. dollars, taking up 78 percent of China's two-way investment."

Growing from its roots as a region trade fair into an increasingly international event, the China-Eurasia Expo has now become a key platform for promoting trade along the Silk Road Economic Belt.

Last year, deals that were valued at 18 billion U.S. dollarswere signed. Organizers are expecting this figure to grow even more this year.

1 specialty   

n.(speciality)特性，特质；专业，专长

参考例句：

• Shell carvings are a specialty of the town.贝雕是该城的特产。
• His specialty is English literature.他的专业是英国文学。

2 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

3 bilateral   

adj.双方的，两边的，两侧的

参考例句：

• They have been negotiating a bilateral trade deal.他们一直在商谈一项双边贸易协定。
• There was a wide gap between the views of the two statesmen on the bilateral cooperation.对双方合作的问题，两位政治家各自所持的看法差距甚大。

4 accounting   

n.会计，会计学，借贷对照表

参考例句：

• A job fell vacant in the accounting department.财会部出现了一个空缺。
• There's an accounting error in this entry.这笔账目里有差错。

5 mutual   

adj.相互的，彼此的；共同的，共有的

参考例句：

• We must pull together for mutual interest.我们必须为相互的利益而通力合作。
• Mutual interests tied us together.相互的利害关系把我们联系在一起。