Economic and trade cooperation between China and Kyrgyzstan has maintained a steady and positive development trajectory, with tangible results achieved across multiple sectors, Chinese Ministry of Commerce spokeswoman Huang Ling said on Thursday.
Speaking at a regular press conference, Huang highlighted the solid progress in bilateral economic and trade ties, noting that China has remained Kyrgyzstan's largest trading partner.
"China has maintained its position as Kyrgyzstan's largest trading partner for a long time. From January to July this year, trade between China and Kyrgyzstan reached 11.7 billion U.S. dollars. Investment and economic and technological cooperation have continued to deepen, with China remaining Kyrgyzstan's largest source of foreign investment. By the end of July this year, China's direct investment in Kyrgyzstan across all sectors had exceeded 2 billion U.S. dollars. Major projects in infrastructure, energy, mining, agriculture, green development and other sectors have been progressing smoothly," Huang said.
"To date, China has built or upgraded 11 highway projects in Kyrgyzstan, significantly improving the country's transport infrastructure and bringing greater convenience to passenger travel and freight transportation. Going forward, China is willing to work with Kyrgyzstan to implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state and promote the high-quality development of China-Kyrgyzstan economic and trade cooperation," she said.
China-Kyrgyzstan economic and trade cooperation sees steady progress: spokesperson
Electric heavy truck makers in China are improving their supporting service system to better meet the increasing demands of international customers amid a fast export growth driven by volatile international oil prices and the global need for pursing green transformation.
Customs data showed that China exported over 2,500 electric tractors in the first seven months this year, increasing by more than 870 percent year over year.
Inside the workshop of a heavy truck manufacturer in Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province, engineers were making adjustments to electric trucks' body length and wheelbase to meet the specific needs of their South African customers.
"In South Africa, some of these trucks need to pull trailers. For this reason, we need to make adaptations according to the requirements in different situations," said Liang Chen, director of the overseas product research institute of the heavy truck enterprise.
In June this year, the enterprise exported 883 electric heavy electric trucks in one batch. The head of the company's overseas marketing said the negotiations lasted for nearly two years as the international customer was very concerned about supporting services.
"The customer kept asking how we could guarantee vehicle operation and after sales services, and what we could do if the trucks break down or fail to start? This was a recurring question from our customers. So we developed targeted solutions to address these concerns. We have built a strong local service team to guarantee vehicle operation. We have prepared adequate stocks of spare parts for electric vehicles in the host country. We also provide backup vehicles, so our customers can use our electric heavy trucks without worries," said Yue Zhaoting, deputy general manager of overseas marketing of the heavy truck enterprise.
The firm also provides solutions for charging electric heavy trucks in remote areas such as mines where stable power supply is rare.
"Because we have mature photovoltaic module and micro grid technologies, we are able to form a closed loop solution, including generating energy by photovoltaic panels, battery energy storage, and battery swap stations to power electric trucks. These fundamentally address the difficulties of customers with limited access or no access to power supply," said Yue.
The enterprise has set up more than 1,700 overseas service centers and employed over 7,000 professional service personnel abroad.
Chinese electric heavy truck manufacturer improves supporting services to drive export growth
