Pakistan dried chili shipment opens new trade route to SW China2026-09-08
More than 80 metric tons of high-quality dried chilies from Pakistan have arrived at Chengdu International Railway Port, opening a new cross-border logistics route for agricultural products and giving fresh impetus to China-Pakistan agricultural and trade cooperation.
Beyond chilies: Chengdu opens new route for Pakistan farm exports2026-09-08
A new sea-rail route linking Pakistan with Chengdu is offering more than a faster way to bring Pakistani dried chilies into China. It could also provide a new channel for Pakistani agricultural products to reach the vast food-processing and consumer market in southwestern China.
China's Inbound Tourism Surge2026-09-08
International visitors spent 263.6 billion yuan, about $39.3 billion, inside China between January and July, 27.8 percent more than in the same period last year. Between July 1 and August 25, more than 131,000 international flights carried over 14.98 million passenger trips in and out of the country, roughly 3 percent above last summer, according to the civil aviation platform Umetrip. In the first half of the year, 22.91 million foreign nationals entered China, up 20.4 percent, and 77.7 percent of them arrived without a visa.