As the head of the entrepreneurial center, Gastone now has helped over 80 overseas students to engage in business in Hangzhou, many of whom are from countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative.

Over the years, Hangzhou has witnessed an increase in the number of overseas students. The entrepreneurial center is designed not only as a platform for overseas students to start businesses in China, but also to cultivate the country's future trading partners.

Opened in 2016, the Cross-Border Trading Town is the first imported commodity e-commerce experience area established in China since Hangzhou became the country's first cross-border e-commerce comprehensive pilot zone.

The Belt and Road Initiative Entrepreneurial Center of Foreign Students is located in the Cross-Border Trading Town in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. [Photo/zjol.com.cn]

Overseas students discuss how to start a business at an entrepreneurial center in the Cross-Border Trading Town in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. [Photo/zjol.com.cn]