BISHKEK, May 11 (Xinhua) -- A new highway built by China within the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) will not only help Kyrgyzstan in economic development through boosting road connectivity, but also create international transport corridors that will promote growth throughout Central Asia, Kyrgyz specialists have said. Tagai Alimbaev, Asian Development Bank project monitoring and public relations specialist of the Ministry of Transport of Kyrgyzstan, pointed out the strategic importance of a highway with a length of 433 km for the development of Kyrgyzstan in a recent interview with Xinhua.
BEIJING, May 11 (Xinhua) -- China will take the upcoming China-Central Asia Summit as an opportunity and work with the five Central Asian countries to push economic and trade cooperation to a new level, the country's commerce ministry said Thursday. Economic and trade cooperation between China and the five Central Asian countries, namely Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, has achieved tangible results since the establishment of diplomatic ties more than 30 years ago, Shu Jueting, spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce, told a press conference.
URUMQI, May 11 (Xinhua) -- Abdullah Begmatov, a cotton farmer from Uzbekistan, is very optimistic about his cotton production this year, thanks to the advanced irrigation techniques from China and guidance from Chinese experts. Begmatov's family has been living in the Syrdarya region of Uzbekistan for generations.
XI'AN, May 11 (Xinhua) -- At the heart of northwest China's Xi'an, a city with over 3,100 years of history, stands the country's largest and best-preserved ancient city wall, which is deemed a "world-class treasure" by Chinese President Xi Jinping. Stretching over 4 km from east to west and some 2.
