President Xi Jinping鈥檚 visit to Hungary last week resulted in commitments to cooperate on rail, nuclear, and other infrastructure, Reuters .
Hungary鈥檚 foreign minister Peter Szijjarto said on Facebook that they included a rail bypass of Budapest that would speed up the transportation of goods produced by Chinese factories in eastern Hungary to Western Europe.
There could also be a high-speed railway between Budapest and its international airport.
China is already involved in a $2.9bn scheme to upgrade rail between Budapest and Belgrade 鈥� part of the old Orient Express.
The medium-speed service, which is expected to begin in 2025, will cut the travel time between the two capitals from eight hours to less than three.
In a joint press conference Thursday, Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban said the two countries had agreed to expand their cooperation to the 鈥渨hole spectrum鈥� of the nuclear industry.
Also mentioned was a national network of EV charging stations and an oil pipeline between Hungary and Serbia.
He added that China and Hungary had formed an 鈥渁ll-weather鈥� partnership.
China uses the phrase to denote some such as Pakistan and Zimbabwe with which it has better-than-normal relations.
Xi鈥檚 visit did not coincide with an announcement that Chinese EV maker Great Wall Motors would build an assembly plant in the country, as local media had predicted.
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