国内英语资讯:Foreign businesses see Belt and Road as development opportunity
<p><span word="BEIJING">BEIJING</span>, <span word="Nov">Nov</span>. 15-- <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Belt">Belt</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Road">Road</span> <span word="Initiative">Initiative</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="brought">brought</span> <span word="concrete">concrete</span> <span word="benefits">benefits</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="both">both</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="foreign">foreign</span> <span word="businesses">businesses</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="number">number</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="company">company</span> <span word="executives">executives</span>.</p><p><span word="Angelos">Angelos</span> <span word="Karakostas">Karakostas</span>, <span word="deputy">deputy</span> <span word="CEO">CEO</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Greece">Greece</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Piraeus">Piraeus</span> <span word="Port">Port</span> <span word="Authority">Authority</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="press">press</span> <span word="conference">conference</span> <span word="Thursday">Thursday</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="port">port</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="cooperation">cooperation</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="China">China</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="shipping">shipping</span> <span word="giant">giant</span> <span word="COSCO">COSCO</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="proved">proved</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="win">win</span>-<span word="win">win</span>.</p><p><span word="COSCO">COSCO</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="running">running</span> <span word="Pier">Pier</span> <span word="II">II</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Pier">Pier</span> <span word="III">III</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Port">Port</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Piraeus">Piraeus</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="subsidiary">subsidiary</span> <span word="since">since</span> 2008. <span word="In">In</span> 2017, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="port">port</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="annual">annual</span> <span word="throughput">throughput</span> <span word="grew">grew</span> <span word="to">to</span> 4.15 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="TEUs">TEUs</span> <span word="from">from</span> 880,000 <span word="TEUs">TEUs</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2008, <span word="bringing">bringing</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="port">port</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="global">global</span> <span word="ranking">ranking</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="to">to</span> 36<span word="th">th</span> <span word="from">from</span> 93<span word="rd">rd</span>.</p><p><span word="Yu">Yu</span> <span word="Zenggang">Zenggang</span>, <span word="vice">vice</span> <span word="general">general</span> <span word="manager">manager</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="COSCO">COSCO</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="company">company</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="increasing">increasing</span> <span word="transport">transport</span> <span word="capacity">capacity</span> <span word="along">along</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Belt">Belt</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Road">Road</span> <span word="routes">routes</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="company">company</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="overseas">overseas</span> <span word="assets">assets</span> <span word="account">account</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="half">half</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="total">total</span>, <span word="while">while</span> <span word="overseas">overseas</span> <span word="profit">profit</span> <span word="takes">takes</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="some">some</span> 63 <span word="percent">percent</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="Communications">Communications</span> <span word="Construction">Construction</span> <span word="Company">Company</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="seen">seen</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="surge">surge</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="overseas">overseas</span> <span word="investment">investment</span> <span word="since">since</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Belt">Belt</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Road">Road</span> <span word="Initiative">Initiative</span> <span word="proposed">proposed</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2013, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="contract">contract</span> <span word="value">value</span> <span word="exceeding">exceeding</span> 1.1 <span word="trillion">trillion</span> <span word="yuan">yuan</span> (158.5 <span word="billion">billion</span> <span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="dollars">dollars</span>), <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Sun">Sun</span> <span word="Ziyu">Ziyu</span>, <span word="vice">vice</span> <span word="president">president</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="state">state</span>-<span word="owned">owned</span> <span word="construction">construction</span> <span word="giant">giant</span>.</p><p><span word="One">One</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="major">major</span> <span word="projects">projects</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="company">company</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="engaged">engaged</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="under">under</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="initiative">initiative</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Mombasa">Mombasa</span>-<span word="Nairobi">Nairobi</span> <span word="Standard">Standard</span> <span word="Gauge">Gauge</span> <span word="Railway">Railway</span> (<span word="SGR">SGR</span>) <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Kenya">Kenya</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="carried">carried</span> <span word="some">some</span> 2 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="passengers">passengers</span> <span word="and">and</span> 2 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="tonnes">tonnes</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="cargo">cargo</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="end">end</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="October">October</span>.</p><p><span word="James">James</span> <span word="Michugu">Michugu</span> <span word="Karanja">Karanja</span>, <span word="vice">vice</span> <span word="director">director</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Kenya">Kenya</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="SGR">SGR</span> <span word="project">project</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="construction">construction</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Mombasa">Mombasa</span>-<span word="Nairobi">Nairobi</span> <span word="railway">railway</span> <span word="created">created</span> <span word="some">some</span> 46,000 <span word="local">local</span> <span word="jobs">jobs</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="contributed">contributed</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 1.5 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Kenya">Kenya</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="GDP">GDP</span>.</p>
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