Xinjiangnet (Reporting by Journalists Wang Yanhong & Shi Lisha) The Silk Road Economic Belt Logistics Cooperation Association comes into being at the 4th Cities Cooperation and Development Forum, September 22, 2016. Eighty-five logistics ports and enterprises from home and abroad join the association and make their declarations stating efforts to facilitate the development of logistics sector along the Belt and Road.

This association is an organization subsidiary to the Forum, consisting of legal persons and natural persons engaged in westward trains and flights and other border crossing transportation as well as related business. The association is aimed at enhancing the ties with governments, other enterprises and chambers, so as to optimize the logistics resources from home and abroad, to build a competitive well-equipped logistics network.

After its establishment, the association will coordinate efforts to create brand westward transportation, so as to help form a platform integrated with port administration and enterprise business. This platform will fulfill the functions of“Trade, Transaction, Payment, and Settlement.”