(250827) -- QINGDAO, Aug. 27, 2025 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 26, 2025 shows a cargo ship arriving at Qingdao Port in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province. In recent years, Qingdao Port in east China's coastal province of Shandong has leveraged its location and cluster effect of the China-SCO Local Economic and Trade Cooperation Demonstration Area (SCODA) to facilitate multilateral trade cooperation among the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) countries.
Among them, the volume of container transport at the port for the Central Asia Route, India and Pakistan Route, and a sea-rail intermodal route linking Japan, South Korea and Central Asia countries saw year-on-year growth. So far, Qingdao Port is connected with 42 shipping routes to SCO countries, reaching 30 ports in these countries. (Xinhua/Li Ziheng)
