President Xi Jinping delivered a keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing on Wednesday. Here are the highlights.

A manufacturing standard on new zero-carbon emissions factories – and evaluation standards based on blockchain – was recently released.

A health food plant – to cost 1.16 billion yuan ($159.73 million) – began construction on Sept 16 in the Xinghua Economic Development Zone.

The terminal business in CCCC (Xinghua) Port in Taizhou city has bucked the downward trend to increase its margins since early this year.

Three companies in the Xinghua Economic Development Zone were included in the fifth list of national "little giant" companies.

President Xi Jinping has reemphasized the importance of promoting scientific and technological self-reliance and developing the real economy in pursuing high-quality growth, during his inspection in Jiangsu.

Xinghua city is striving to build a full agricultural industrial chain and expand paths to improve regional economic benefits, said Chen Fengjian, the city’s Party secretary.

Xinghua city – administered by the prefecture-level city of Taizhou in East China's Jiangsu province – recently acquired some 1,763 mu (117.53 hectares) of construction land.