The ongoing 8th China-Eurasia Expo in northwest China's Urumqi City, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, highlights cultural elements in its international exhibition area, where over 50 countries and regions as well as international organizations are presenting thousands of products.
The expo set four major exhibition areas -- international investment and cooperation, international, specialized industries, and outdoor equipment and vehicles.
Exhibitors from Malaysia have come to attend the event for the first time, and they brought characteristic performances and traditional Malaysian desserts to visitors.
"This year's expo also has more presentation of cultural elements. For example, Malaysia presented its characteristic cultural performances, and Uruguay demonstrated its football culture, they are all fresh to our visitors," said Huang Jing, deputy director of the external liaison department of the expo's secretariat.
This year's event saw 22 countries, three regions and one international organization set booths for presenting their own images. Five of the attending countries, regions and international organizations made their debut in the expo.
"It is my third travel to China for attending exhibitions. I'm very very very happy. Because China is populous, we hope we can find a Chinese agent here," said Danati Bagdanov, a Kazakhstan exhibitor.
The 8th China-Eurasia Expo opened Wednesday and will run until Sunday. Seven sessions of the event have been successfully held since 2011, featuring over 12,200 domestic and foreign exhibitors and attracting 2.16 million visitors in total.
International exhibitions at 8th China-Eurasia Expo highlight cultural elements
A cross-sea highway project linking the cities of Shenzhen and Zhongshan in south China's Guangdong Province went into trial operation on Sunday, set to further improve the transportation network in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area city cluster. With a total length of 24 kilometers, the Shenzhen-Zhongshan Link consists of one underwater tunnel, two bridges and two artificial islands, crossing several main waterways of the Lingdingyang Bay.
The highway shortens the travel time between Shenzhen and Zhongshan from two hours to 30 minutes.
The link is connected to several major expressways such as the Guangzhou-Shenzhen Riverside Expressway, the Jihe Expressway, and the Guangzhou-Shenzhen Expressway in the east, and the Zhongshan-Kaiping Expressway, the Guangzhou-Macao Expressway, and the Zhongshan Eastern Outer Ring Expressway in the west.
It also interfaces with the Nansha-Zhongshan Expressway (currently under construction) and the Nansha Harbor Expressway. The east end of the link is less than 10 minutes' drive from the Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport.
The link will charge a toll fee of 66 yuan (about 9 U.S. dollars) per standard vehicle for the entire 24 kilometer-long route.
It will further expand the one-hour life cycle in the Greater Bay Area. By way of the Shenzhen-Zhongshan Link, the travel time from Shenzhen to Nansha District of Guangzhou City can be shortened to half an hour, and that from Shenzhen to Zhuhai and Jiangmen cities reduced to about one hour.
In an interview with China Central Television before the Shenzhen-Zhongshan Link opened to traffic, a Hong Kong resident expressed his anticipation for the highway's operation, saying the link will allow him to have breakfast at his home in Zhongshan, travel to Shenzhen for business talks in the afternoon, and then go to Hong Kong to admire the beautiful night views of Victoria Harbor.
Cross-sea highway linking Shenzhen, Zhongshan goes into trial operation
