Air cargo route

A CARGO plane loaded with 17.6 cubic tons of textile products recently flew from Nanjing, capital of East China’s Jiangsu Province, to Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka, the Nanjing Customs confirmed.

This is the first time the eastern Chinese city has launched an air cargo route linking South Asia, the customs said, adding that the route is scheduled to operate regularly every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, and the annual freight volume is expected to exceed 2,800 cubic tons.

Exchange program

HONG KONG is to restart its Civil Service Staff Exchange Program with the Chinese mainland in the second half of this year, beginning with cities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. The exchange period will be extended from four weeks to three months, China Daily reported yesterday.

The program enables civil servants from the special administrative region and the mainland to work in each other’s government departments temporarily to exchange expertise and strengthen communication.

Water resources

CHINA made almost 410.6 billion yuan (US$$57.5 billion) of investment into building water resources management projects in the first five months this year, up by 32.1% from the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Water Resources.

These projects employed over 1.2 million workers, including 895,000 people from rural China, it said.