Chinese firms keen to make connections in digital realm
The mainland government is keen to develop soft infrastructure that will enhance communication between countries along the belt and road plan’s trade routes
French winemaker Dominique Piron sent 18,000 bottles of Beaujolais in 36 containers to China in 2016, two years after meeting Xi Jinping and listening to the president’s vision for China’s global trade strategy.
By the end of 2018, he hopes to send the first container of wine via new rail links that have been built as part of the infrastructure developments that connect China with the rest of the world.
Piron said that China now accounts for one-third of his annual turnover. The wine house even created a vintage with a red and gold label that was decorated with a rooster for Lunar New Year.
Wine is one of the industries expected to benefit from the projects resulting from China’s global trade strategy.
There were thousands of wine exhibitors from related countries attending the 8th China International Alcoholic Beverage Expo in Guiyang, Guizhou province earlier this month.
“The expo aims to reinforce the exchange and cooperation between specialists of [the] alcohol industry from China and abroad” says Lu Yongzheng, vice-governor of Guizhou Provincial People’s Government.
