By Xinyi Li, EDITOR

February 22 saw the Opening Ceremony of the Business and Cultural Week of the Belt and Road National Featured Commodities. The event kicked off in Chongqing Lianglu-Cuntan Free Trade Port Area (CFTA). In the meantime, the Awarding Ceremony of Chongqing Bonded Experiencing Tourist Attraction (4A Level) also opened. Therefore, Chongqing has once again welcomed a new 4A-level scenic area combined with traveling and shopping.

The Chongqing International Exhibition Trading Center

Centering on “business + tourism”, this attraction offers tourists a variety of featured products from all around the world. Strolling along the one-kilometer road is an ideal way to obtain a beautiful view of the jacarandas. Furthermore, visitors can also have close contact with such characters as SpongeBob and Ninja Turtles.

The tourist center of CFTA

Build a 4A-level scenic area in CFTA

Chongqing Bonded Experiencing Tourist Attraction is the core part of CFTA located in Liangjiang New Area. Mainly composed of cultural resources, the attraction includes Chongqing International Exhibition & Trading Center and Imported Automotive Town.

The center, with over 45,000 imported items, aims to build characteristic pavilions of the countries along the “Belt and Road”.

The experience center for tourists

After the official unveiling, the scenic area will offer tourists a unique experience based on its own characteristics. In this way, it strives to establish a “window of the world” to display diversified features of countries.

Russia Pavilion, for example, has various local specialties. They include sea cucumber, linseed oil, Surströmming, sunflower oil, and linden honey. In addition to Massandra wine, Statut vodka is also a highlight of the pavilion.

The one-year event shows different foreign customs

Meanwhile, the cultural week and the unveiling ceremony opened on the same day. Moreover, the commodities pavilions of different countries in this center will carry out related activities from March. Therefore, those who want to experience the customs of the countries along the “Belt and Road” will have more choices.

The experience center of Kenya

Besides, during the year, the cultural week will display over 20 themes.

The principal said, “The event enables people in Chongqing to experience customs and cultures of different countries and taste delicacies.” Furthermore, there have been 110 registered enterprises in the center, among which over 50 foreign and domestic ones have settled down. Additionally, over 30,000 imported commodities from more than 40 countries and regions are available in this center.

Source: CQCB, Chongqing Daily News