GLOBALink | Silk Road Shipping promotes connectivity, facilitates trade
Corporate executives attending a forum in China's Xiamen say that Silk Road Shipping has been playing an important role in promoting maritime connectivity and deepening opening-up and cooperation.
Silk Road Shipping is an alliance jointly initiated in late 2018 by dozens of ports, carriers, and logistics service providers in countries along the Belt and Road.
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