China News Service, Changsha, May 8 (Reporter Lu Yi) The second China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo is planned to be held in Changsha, Hunan from September 26 to 28 this year. It will strengthen the food and agricultural products, medical and health industries, and infrastructure. Cooperation in construction, industrialization, and industrial chains will explore new opportunities for China-Africa cooperation in the post-epidemic period.
He Baoxiang, Vice Governor of Hunan Province, said at the first working meeting of the Secretariat of the Organizing Committee held in Changsha on the 8th that the prospects for cooperation on the African continent are broad and the future development is worth looking forward to.
Hunan will make every effort to implement and explore new mechanisms and measures for China-Africa cooperation, break up difficulties and obstacles in cooperation, build a pilot zone for China-Africa economic and trade cooperation, create a new window for local and business cooperation with Africa, and promote the high-quality development of China-Africa economic and trade cooperation.
The theme of this year’s expo is "New Starting Point, New Opportunity and New Deeds". It will showcase the achievements and cases of China-Africa economic and trade cooperation, the image of African guest countries, the products of African countries, the image of local provinces, regions and cities in China, Chinese enterprises and products, and the cloud. Expo offline experience display area and other content.
The guest of honor were Algeria, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa, and Senegal.
During the expo, special seminars on food and agricultural products, medical and health industries, infrastructure cooperation, industrial chain cooperation, etc. will also be held, as well as the introduction of China-Africa in-depth economic and trade cooperation pilot areas, special promotion of African countries, promotion of China-Africa industrial parks, and China-Africa Finance Cooperation dialogues, China-Africa trade and investment negotiations and other activities.
Affected by the epidemic, the expo was held in a combined online and offline mode.
According to Li Xinqiu, deputy director of the Hunan Provincial Department of Commerce, in accordance with the principle of "overseas guests attending the conference online, domestic guests offline attending the conference", African envoys in China, representatives of African and international institutions in China, and entrepreneurs will be invited to participate offline , Officials at ministerial level and above from African countries participate online to expand and strengthen economic and trade exchanges and cooperation with Africa through the Expo platform.
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