On the afternoon of June 9, the Conference between Overseas Economic and Trade Cooperation Zones and Yangtze River Delta Enterprises hosted by the People's Government of Zhejiang Province was held in Ningbo. A total of 18 overseas economic and trade cooperation zones within and outside the Province as well as the enterprises, chambers of commerce and associations from the Gwangyang Bay Economic Circle and Yangtze River Delta region participated in the project matchmaking activities onsite.

At the conference, the construction of Dubai Station, one of the important deliverables of the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, took its first step solidly — the construction body Zhejiang Harbor Investment and Operation Group Co. Ltd, and six units, including Zhejiang China Commodities City Group Co., Ltd, Zhejiang China Light & Textile Industrial City Group Co., Ltd, YTO Express, Huazhang Technology and Jollychic signed an agreement on the establishment of a platform company in China, to jointly promote the construction of the Dubai Station in the future.

The Zhejiang Provincial Development Alliance of Overseas Economic and Trade Cooperation Zones jointly initiated by Thai-Chinese Rayong Industrial Zone, Long Jiang Industrial Park (LJIP) and Hangzhou Silicon Valley Innovation Center was officially launched. In the future, more efforts will be put into improving the park's construction level, delivering better services for enterprises settled in the park, better reflecting the demands of the park and reducing the operational risk of overseas parks. Moreover, Zhejiang International Investment Promotion Center (ZIIPC) and GFEZ Bay Area Free Economic Zone Authority signed a memorandum of cooperation; The Zhejiang Branch of the Export-Import Bank of China delivered the Evaluation Report of the Hofusan Industrial Park to Huali Group.

At present, 4 national and 8 provincial overseas economic and trade cooperation zones are settled in Zhejiang Province. The construction of new overseas economic and trade cooperation zones in Indonesia and other countries is also in progress. From Southeast Asia, Central Asia to Europe and the Americas, a new landscape for overseas economic and trade cooperation zones along the Belt and Road has initially taken shape. The parks are also becoming more diversified, developing from manufacturing-based to R&D-based, resource-utilized, agricultural development, etc.

(Executive Editor: Lubin WANG)