Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, visited an apple production base to learn about the development of the modern fruit industry while inspecting Tianshui City in northwest China's Gansu Province.
Xi inspected the city of Baoji in northwest China's Shaanxi Province and the city of Tianshui in neighboring Gansu Province from Tuesday afternoon to Wednesday morning.
Located in the Maiji District of Tianshui City, the apple production base, which began construction in 2005, spans three townships and 25 villages, covering an area of 10,000 hectares.
The production base serves as a demonstration site for modern agriculture, integrating fruit production, technological innovation, tourism, and diverse educational opportunities.
It has partnered with leading companies and distributors, enhanced its marketing systems, and introduced a variety of marketing strategies, which ensure that the apples not only grow well but also sell well in the market.
In 2023, the base produced 220,000 tons, or 600 million yuan's (84.27 million U.S. dollars) worth, of apples.
The average per capita net income from fruit growing in the region has surpassed 8,000 yuan (1,123 U.S. dollars), leading to increased incomes for 9,163 households and 41,300 individuals.
Xi learns about development of modern fruit industry in Tianshui
Xi learns about development of modern fruit industry in Tianshui
A pitch event for the third China International Supply Chain Expo (CISCE) was held in Milan, Italy on Tuesday, with more than 200 representatives of trade promotion institutions, business associations and enterprises from the two countries in attendance.
The event, also an economic and trade forum between China and Italy, witnessed the signing of multiple cooperation documents.
Italian business representatives said Italy and China have always maintained solid relations, and Italian companies cannot develop without the Chinese market.
Through important cooperation platforms such as the CISCE, the two sides will build a closer partnership in industrial and chain supply chains and make greater contributions to promoting economic and trade cooperation between Italy and China and between Europe and China, they said.
"We get together here to promote the further development of bilateral relations and serve those companies that carry out bilateral exchanges between China and Italy. We also take this opportunity to promote the China International Supply Chain Expo. I believe this will help promote friendly exchanges between the two countries," said Mario Boselli, president of the Italy China Council Foundation.
The third China International Supply Chain Expo will be held in Beijing from July 16 to 20 this year, according to the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, its organizer.
With a total exhibition area of 120,000 square meters, the expo features six major exhibition areas, namely, advanced manufacturing, clean energy, smart vehicles, digital technology, healthy living and green agriculture.
As the world's first national-level exhibition focusing on supply chains, the expo is an internationally shared public product. First held in 2023, the expo has contributed to building more secure, stable, open and inclusive global industrial and supply chains.
Pitch event held in Milan to promote 3rd China Int'l Supply Chain Expo
