China's trade promotion body stresses continued cooperation with US business community

The Chairman of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) Ren Hongbin met with Cristiano Amon, President and Chief Executive Officer of American tech firm Qualcomm Incorporated, in Beijing on Friday.

The meeting came as U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday concluded a three-day state visit to China at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, which marked the first such U.S. presidential visit in nine years.

Amon was among the high-level delegation of more than a dozen U.S. business leaders accompanying Trump during his trip to Beijing, which included senior figures from the technology, finance, aviation and agriculture sectors.

During a meeting with Amon on Friday, CCPIT chairman Ren stressed the importance of continued cooperation between the Chinese and U.S. business communities.

"Especially, I think, amid the escalating tensions worldwide, China and the U.S. must join hands together to help each other," he said.

In an interview with a reporter outside the meeting venue, Amon said he was encouraged by the outcomes of the talks between the Chinese and U.S. leaders, and is optimistic about future opportunities driven by China's technological development.

"We're very happy with the progress made between the two presidents, and we're very happy to be able to have participated. I think there's a lot of opportunities for development with technology," he said.

China's trade promotion body stresses continued cooperation with US business community

Construction of the fifth phase of Guangzhou Port's Nansha Port area, one of the major national projects, commenced in Nansha District of Guangzhou, the capital of south China's Guangdong Province, on Friday.

The project is designed with an annual container throughput capacity of 6.7 million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units), according to the Guangzhou Port Group.

It has four deep-water berths, each capable of accommodating 200,000-ton container vessels, with a combined shoreline exceeding 3,800 meters.

Upon completion of the Phase V project, the total container throughput capacity of the Nansha Port area is expected to reach 35 million TEUs annually. This would place it among the world's leading single port complexes in terms of handling capacity, further solidifying Guangzhou's status as an international shipping hub.

Guangzhou's Nansha Port enters 5th phase of construction

Guangzhou's Nansha Port enters 5th phase of construction