Ancient Port, New Voyages: Ningbo's Smart Manufacturing Expands Global Trade Footprint via Maritime Silk Road

AsiaNet 201638 NINGBO, China, July 6, 2026 /Xinhua-AsiaNet/-- On July 4, 2026, the cultural exchange event Encounter & Insight: Dialogue Between Ningbo, China and Colombo, Sri Lanka  took place in Colombo.  Separated by thousands of miles, the two millennia-old port cities reconnected, leveraging their ports as a bond and cultural exchanges as a cohesive force to hold in-depth talks on integrated port-city development and bilateral economic and trade connectivity. This cross-Indian Ocean dialogue echoes the ancient Maritime Silk Road while charting a brand-new outbound development pa…READ FULL ARTICLE