A Vietnamese container ship loaded with clothes and hardware accessories departed from the Xiamen Port in Xiamen, Fujian province on June 10 and would arrive at the south port of Manila, the Philippines two days later, marking the launch of the first e-commerce express shipping route.
A Thai commodity festival co-hosted by the Royal Thai Consulate General in Xiamen and Xiamen Tianhong Mall Co kicked off on June 11 and will run until June 23, Xiamen Daily reported.
Zhang Quan, director general of Xiamen foreign affairs office, met with Nelson Ng Chiun Ming, consul general of Singapore in Xiamen, on June 1 and discussed how to further promote pragmatic cooperation between Xiamen and Singapore.
A China-Europe freight train loaded with automobile lamps and other goods departed on Saturday from Xiamen, Fujian province, bound for Moscow, Russia.
Xiamen recently announced the construction of a digital industrial computing center, as part of its efforts to promote industrial and trade cooperation among the BRICS countries of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
Xiamen has been stepping up efforts to tap into the potential of professionals in the BRICS nations of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa through exchange and training programs.
The Xiamen government recently issued a work plan consisting of 38 major tasks to speed up digital governance, the digital economy and digital society construction in the city this year.
