On April 29, the licensing ceremony of the Gansu Commercial Representative Office in Nepal was held in Lanzhou, Gansu. Photo by Ding Si

Chinanews.com, Lanzhou, April 29 (Reporter Ding Si) The licensing ceremony of the Gansu Commercial Representative Office in Nepal was held in Lanzhou, Gansu on the 29th. This is also the 13th overseas commercial representative office established by Gansu to As a bridge, it will promote in-depth cooperation between Gansu and Nepal in modern agriculture, cultural tourism, education, and prefabricated construction.

　　 Nepal is the gateway between China and South Asia. The construction of the “One Belt, One Road” initiative has brought new opportunities for cooperation and development between Gansu and Nepal. In 2016, Gansu opened the "Lanzhou" (Lanzhou-Xigaze-Kathmandu) South Asian road-rail intermodal international freight train, extending the tentacles of cooperation to Nepal in the southern section of the snow-covered plateau. In the same year, Lanzhou and Kathmandu became sister cities.

Hong Hong, chief representative of the Gansu Commercial Representative Office in Nepal, told a reporter from China News Agency that although Nepal has a small land area, its territory is rich in natural resources, diverse geological features and tourism resources, attracting many Chinese tourists. Check in". Nepal is a famous pilgrimage site in the world, and Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Gansu also has a colorful ethnic culture. The two have similarities and complement each other. Tibetan Buddhism culture is the link between the cultural and tourism cooperation between the two sides in the future.

　　 Hong Hong is also the president of the Gansu Chamber of Commerce in Nepal, which established the "China-Nepal Modern Sightseeing Agriculture Demonstration Park" in Nepal. "Based on modern agricultural technology, we will combine agriculture and tourism to expand cooperation in multiple fields." He said that Nepal imports about 200,000 tons of apples each year, half of which are from Gansu. He hopes to integrate advanced modern agricultural technologies in Gansu, such as landless Cultivation of fruits, vegetables, flowers and other technologies were introduced to Nepal and promoted locally as demonstrations and cases.

In 2017, Nepal was invited to serve as the guest of honor at the 23rd Lanzhou Fair. The Gansu Provincial Economic Cooperation Bureau disclosed that Nepal will be the country of honor for this year's Lanzhou Economic and Trade Fair and set up a Nepal Pavilion to promote all-round understanding of Nepal among Gansu people.

　　 In recent years, Gansu has accelerated the construction of a new pattern of opening up. It has established 12 foreign business representative offices in countries and regions along the “Belt and Road” such as Belarus, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkey. At the same time, it has tapped into the market potential of Central and Western Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, and Southeast Asia, and built and leased 31 overseas warehouses in Kazakhstan, Thailand, Bangladesh, UAE and other places. (Finish)