Zhangjiagang held a cooperative conference in the city's economic and technological development zone (ZETDZ) and high-tech zone on July 23 to boost integration in the finance industry and promote economic growth.
A new high-speed railway connecting cities in the south of Jiangsu province that is set to start construction in September will also pass through Zhangjiagang.
A cargo ship from Laos carrying copper concentrate ore was recently unloaded at Zhangjiagang port, Jiangsu province, the first time that the port has imported the material.
A delegation from Zhangjiagang, East China's Jiangsu province, recently took a tour to Japan and held two exchange forums in the cities of Tokyo and Osaka.
According to statistics from the Zhangjiagang Commerce Bureau, the city's total import-export volume reached $ 32.13 billion in 2017, a year-on-year growth of 17.2 percent.
Yongjia port, a modern container terminal in the Free Trade Zone of Zhangjiagang city, Jiangsu province, has been named one of the nation's 13 ports of departure ,local media reported.
The Zhangjiagang Statistics Bureau announced at an economic performance news briefing held on Jan 29 that the city's economy saw steady growth in 2017.