China's Sichuan embraces openness with enhanced transport, thriving trade

BEIJING, May 27 (Xinhua) -- Sichuan, a landlocked province in southwest China, has expanded its transport network and fostered foreign trade businesses to enhance its global connectivity, according to a press conference held in Beijing on Monday.

Currently, 48 arterial corridors and 17 airports connect the province to the outside world, while Chengdu, the provincial capital, had in 2021 become one of only three