The sixth Silk Road International Expo and China East West cooperation and investment and Trade Fair opened in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province on the 14th. In his video address, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of investment and foreign trade of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the guest of honor, said that Uzbekistan and China should strengthen cooperation and inject strong impetus into the development of bilateral relations. Khozayev said that the current reality determines that countries must strengthen cooperation to effectively address the challenges of the COVID-19. In order to quickly overcome the negative impact of the epidemic, it is necessary for Uzbekistan and China to work together to find new development drivers and growth points. Khozayev said that Uzbekistan China friendship can be traced back to the ancient Silk Road era. We should make full use of the complementary economic advantages of Ukraine and China to strengthen cooperation in digital economy, e-commerce, logistics and transportation, investment and regional cooperation, so as to provide more possibilities and inject strong impetus into the sustainable development of bilateral partnership. Foreign guests and merchants from more than 70 countries and regions participated in this Silk Road International Expo through online and offline combination. (news agency)