BELT AND ROAD

Hong Kong: Serving the Legal Needs of the Belt and Road Initiative and the Greater Bay Area

11 August 2020

Hong Kong is a mature professional legal service hub with a favourable international reputation. According to Nick Chan, Partner of Squire Patton Boggs, because the professional lawyers and legal talents of Hong Kong are exceptionally versatile, have cross-border experience, are multilingual and familiar with both Chinese and western cultures, they are well-equipped to provide diverse cross-border services to clients involved in Belt and Road Initiative projects. More

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Yunnan Promotes Belt and Road Connectivity for Pilot Free Trade Zone

03 July 2020

The Yunnan Provincial People’s Government recently issued guidelines to support the development of the China (Yunnan) Pilot Free Trade Zone (Yun Zheng Fa No. 15 [2020]). The document calls on all local governments and units in the province to widen their investment and financing channels and strive to build clusters of strategic emerging and cutting-edge industries. More

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Investors bullish on Myanmar

30 June 2020

Lying between Yunnan province in Mainland China and the Indian Ocean, resource-rich Myanmar is a key element in the massive Belt and Road Initiative infrastructure project. More

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Tracker for Greater Bay Area prospects

24 June 2020

Since ancient times rivers and the sea have served as highways, which naturally makes harbouring bays associated with river mouths natural focuses of human activity. More

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China Promotes New Model of Western Region Development

26 May 2020

The Chinese Communist Party Central Committee and the State Council recently issued a guideline in a bid to accelerate the adoption of a new development model for the western region and promote its high-quality development in the new era. More

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Belt and Road link to Laos on schedule

20 May 2020

Despite a brief hiatus occasioned by the COVID-19 outbreak, construction work has resumed on the Mainland China-Laos High Speed Railway, a key element of the Belt and Road initiative, the mainland’s ambitious international infrastructure development and trade facilitation programme. More

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Sri Lankan railway upgrade arrives early

06 May 2020

Amid the global disruption to essential supply chains and key infrastructure projects triggered by the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, a rare item of good news comes courtesy of Sri Lanka, where one major development programme has managed to come in ahead of schedule. More

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State Council Approves Open Economic Pilot Zone in Jiangxi

04 May 2020

The State Council has recently approved the establishment of an inland open economic pilot zone in Jiangxi province (Guo Han No. 36 [2020]). More

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China Approves Opening-Up Pilot Zone in Guangxi

28 April 2020

The State Council recently announced its approval for Baise, a city in Guangxi, to become a key development and opening-up pilot zone (Guo Han No. 34 [2020]). More

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Saudis launch Belt and Road smart city

04 March 2020

Saudi Arabia and Mainland China have jointly announced plans to build a US$5.6 billion petrochemical plant in Yanbu Industrial City on the coast of the Red Sea. More

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