More potential seen on cooperation between Guangdong and Africa
Foshan China 2022-05-27 17:06
On May 25, 2022 "Africa Day" Guangdong-Africa Production Capacity Cooperation and Exchange Campaign was held in Foshan.

 

 

Remarkable achievements could be seen on economic and trade cooperation between Foshan and Africa in recent years. Data shows that in the past 3 years, Foshans trade with African countries has remained at more than 10% of its total volume of import and export, reaching more than 54 billion yuan in 2021.

 

Fu Lang, Executive Vice-president of Guangdong Public Diplomacy Association put forward that Guangdong and African have a high degree of consistency and complementarity in economy, and the next decade will be a golden period for Guangdong enterprises to invest in Africa. The event held in Foshan, a well-known manufacturing city, aims to seek more potential of production capacity cooperation, and further promote production capacity docking between Guangdong and Foshan.

 

Zheng Canru, Executive President of Foshan Public Diplomacy Association expressed that Foshan has always maintained close economic and trade exchanges with Africa. Especially in recent years, Foshan manufacturing enterprises like Midea Group and Keda Manufacturing Co., Ltd. have witnessed increasingly close cooperation and exchanges with Africa.

 

Aibolo Emmanuel highly approved what Foshan has achieved in economic and social development in recent years. As he pointed out, China has become the largest economic partner and a very important donor country towards the African continent. Foshan has so far developed close contacts and extensive cooperation with Africa. He wishes to see many more Foshan enterpries visit and invest in Africa, in a way that deepens bilateral exchanges and cooperation.

 

On the event, officials at Foshan Municipal Bureau of Commerce haves briefed the economic and trade exchanges between Foshan and Africa. Representatives of Foshan entrepreneurs who invested in Africa exchanged and shared their insights and stories. All attendants paid visits to Keda Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

 

Author | Eleanor

Revisor | Jersey

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