Driven simply by passion, hobbyists can spend hours and hours building something that could leave us speechless. Here are five enthusiasts who have created things that are both technically challenging and physically demanding. Guo Changhai presents a model of Chinese Navy vessel made by himself in Rizhao, East China's Shandong province, Sept 11, 2017. The 60-year-old had been a ship captain for 27 years. Fond of making vessel models, he has successfully made two guided missile destroyers, four cruisers and one missile destroyer, which won him fame on internet. [Photo/IC] Guo Changhai does a simulation experiment of gunfire on a military vessel model at his home in Rizhou, East China's Shandong province, Nov 6, 2013. [Photo/IC] Aircraft hobbyists Wan Li (center), Gu Chunlin (right) and Huang Aibo (left), pose with the life-size model of the PLA's J-20 stealth fighter aircraft built by themselves at a workshop in Wuhan city, Central China's Hubei province, Sept 10, 2017. According to Wan, they began building the model in June last year and spent 200,000 yuan ($30,612) on it. [Photo/IC] An aerial view of the life-size model of the J-20 stealth fighter built by the three hobbyists at a workshop in Wuhan city, Central China's Hubei province, Sept 8, 017. [Photo/IC] One of the homemade electric sports cars Xing Long 2 built by car enthusiast Chen Yinxi is pictured at the workshop of his family factory in Haikou city, South China's Hainan province, July 12, 2017. He has spent over 5 months in designing and making the car. [Photo/IC] The homemade electric sports car Xing Long 1 built by car enthusiast Chen Yinxi is on display during the 2017 Hainan International Automotive Industry Exhibition in Haikou city, South China's Hainan province, July 13, 2017. [Photo/IC] The homemade electric sports car Xing Long 1 built by car enthusiast Chen Yinxi is on display during the 2017 Hainan International Automotive Industry Exhibition in Haikou city, South China's Hainan province, July 13, 2017. [Photo/IC] An F1 racing car undergoes testing on the campus of Changchun University, Northeast China's Jilin province, Sept 12, 2017. Named FCC01, it was built by 38 college students under guidance of three teachers after 10 months of labor. Its top speed is 140 km/h. It's assembled with 1,985 components, 1,700 of which are handmade by the team. The project cost them 500,000 yuan. [Photo/VCG] Three of the inventors assemble the F1 racing car in Changchun University, Northeast China's Jilin province. [Photo/VCG] Yan Chaoming rides a swimming dragon on a river in Southwest China's Chongqing, June 10, 2017. Yan conducted 30 tests in five years and spent over 10,000 yuan in making it with recycled plastic. The dragon is 8 meters long and can be controlled via remote control. [Photo/IC] The dragon made by Yan swims in a river in Southwest China's Chongqing, June 10, 2017. [Photo/IC] wristbands with tabsdesign your own wristband202mm to inches24hourwristbandsbracelet maker online
Containers are stacked in the logistics terminal waiting to be shipped in December at Jiangsu province's Lianyungang Port. The port is the first project of China and countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative to start operating. GENG YUHE/CHINA DAILY The logistics terminal in Jiangsu province's Lianyungang Port, built by China and Kazakhstan, has served as an important platform to improve economic cooperation, according to officials. The first project between China and the countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative, the Lianyungang logistics terminal has imported and exported 7.77 million metric tons of goods since it went into operation in 2014. Goods imported and exported from January to July this year increased by 49 percent over the same period last year, according to the center. Wang Qinmin, vice-chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and president of the All China Federation of Industry and Commerce, said China and Kazakhstan have paid great attention to bilateral relations, deepened political trust and expanded cooperation in many areas since they forged diplomatic ties 25 years ago. Wang made the speech at the fifth China-Central Asia Cooperation Forum, which was held on Wednesday and Thursday in Lianyungang. More than 200 officials from China and Central Asia, including Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, attended the forum. President Xi Jinping first proposed the Belt and Road Initiative in 2013. It comprises the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, with the aim of building a trade and infrastructure network that connects Asia with Europe and Africa along ancient trade routes. The Lianyungang logistics terminal started construction soon after the proposal emerged, with investment in the first phase reaching 606 million yuan ($90.2 million). The Kazakhstan partners didn't expect that the construction could be finished in eight months, said Liu Bin, general manager of the logistics terminal. They thought at least two to three years were needed, considering the mountainous environment. The logistics terminal started to make a profit the same year it started operations. It serves companies of the two countries well. Su Yang, manager of the terminal's production business department, said freight trains running from Khorgos, a city in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region near the border with Kazakhstan, to Almaty now take just six days. It used to take 12 days to transport good between the two cities. With the joint effort of the two countries, the transportation time and costs have been greatly reduced, he said. The freight trains between Lianyungang, Khorgos and Asian and European countries will benefit the economy, especially companies along the route. Last year, more than 1,200 trains transited through Kazakhstan, with rail freight for the two countries reaching 8.2 million tons. China and Kazakhstan have agreed to develop more international freight train services, starting from China and going via Kazakhstan to Central Asia, Europe and Gulf countries, making rail freight a major solution to trade between Asia and Europe by 2025.
