The first China-Russia highway bridge, which stretches from Heihe, a border city in Northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, to the Russian city of Blagoveshchensk spanning the Heilongjiang River, opened to traffic on Friday, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported. It will open a new international highway that will boost the connectivity between cities in China and Russia.
The highway opening is set to foster trade between Northeast China and Russia in the agricultural sector, experts said, expecting the increased road connectivity to convert the bilateral strategic partnership into more trade bonuses.