Xinhua News Agency, May 9 / PRNewswire-FirstCall-Asianet /-- the Belt and Road Initiative plate continued to strengthen in intraday trading, with Cofco shares and Xinjiang Traffic Construction rising by the daily limit. Cofco Science and Technology Industry, Golden Eagle heavy Industry, Chongqing Port, Bayi Iron and Steel, Qingsong Construction and Western Construction rose by more than 6 percent. On the news side, customs statistics show that in the first four months of this year, China's imports and exports to countries along the "Belt and Road Initiative" route totaled 4.61 trillion yuan, an increase of 16 percent over the same period last year. Among them, imports and exports to Kazakhstan and other five Central Asian countries and to Saudi Arabia and other West Asian and North African countries increased by 37.4% and 9.6% respectively.