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The main venue of the 2022 Qatar World Cup, Lusail Stadium, is the largest professional venue with the largest capacity built by Chinese companies overseas. China Railway Construction Corporation participated in the construction as the general contractor of design and construction. Wang Jianping, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of China Railway Construction Corporation, believes that the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" has become a popular international public product and an international trade cooperation platform in the world today.

About 15 kilometers north of Doha, the capital of Qatar, a building inspired by date bowls and enamel lanterns is particularly beautiful. This is the Lusail Stadium, the main venue for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

Lusail Stadium is the largest professional venue with the largest capacity built by Chinese enterprises overseas. China Railway Construction participated in the construction as a general contractor of design and construction. "The project adopts a number of environmental protection and energy-saving technologies, and uses a large number of recyclable materials, making this stadium one of the most energy-saving and environmentally friendly stadiums in the world." Wang Lei, executive general manager of China Railway Construction International Middle East Regional Company, introduced.

Wang Jianping, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of China Railway Construction Corporation, said that Lusail Stadium is a microcosm of China Railway Construction Corporation's active participation in the joint construction of the "Belt and Road". Since the "Belt and Road" initiative was proposed, CRCC's overseas business has covered more than 100 countries and regions along the route, and the number of projects has grown to nearly 700.

"Adhering to the principle of extensive consultation, joint contribution and shared benefits, and upholding the concepts of openness, greenness and integrity, the high-quality development of the 'Belt and Road' has achieved solid and heavy achievements." said Yang Tao, deputy director of the Comprehensive Department of the Ministry of Commerce.

Deepening economic and trade cooperation, the market position of the “Belt and Road” has been significantly improved. From 2013 to 2021, the annual trade volume between my country and countries along the route will expand from US$1.04 trillion to US$1.8 trillion, an increase of 73%. New forms of international trade are developing rapidly, "Silk Road E-commerce" has become a new bright spot, cross-border e-commerce imports and exports have maintained rapid growth, and a number of overseas warehouses have been built and put into operation in countries along the route. The construction of international trade channels has been steadily advanced. The cumulative number of China-Europe freight trains has exceeded 50,000. Positive progress has been made in the construction of new land-sea channels.

"The joint construction of the 'Belt and Road' has become a popular international public product and international cooperation platform in today's world, showing an increasingly strong attraction." Wang Jianping said that in the future, the company will steadily expand new areas of cooperation and unswervingly promote joint construction The high-quality development of the "Belt and Road" will contribute more to the common development and prosperity of international trade.