China News Service, Hangzhou, September 25 (Lan Yini) On September 24, the 2026 "Digital Trade Africa Day-Digital Intelligence China-Africa Park Starts Digital Trade" docking event was held in Hangzhou, Zhejiang. This event is hosted by the Global Digital Trade Expo Organizing Committee and aims to further expand new space for China-Africa economic and trade cooperation. Nearly 300 business representatives from South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Egypt, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe, Cameroon, Uganda, Zambia and other countries attended the meeting.
At the event site, the "China-Africa Economic and Trade Cooperation Progress and Outlook 2026" report was officially released. The report was prepared by the National Research Institute think tank research team and invited senior experts in the field of foreign economics to provide guidance. It aims to present the latest progress and future prospects of China-Africa economic and trade cooperation, and provide useful reference for government departments at all levels, research institutions, business circles and the general public to have an in-depth understanding of China-Africa economic and trade cooperation.
During the event, the "Chinese Enterprises Going to Africa Service Action" was launched, which will provide multi-field service support for Chinese enterprises to expand the African market; outstanding young people from China and Africa are officially paired for innovation and entrepreneurship, which will promote the docking of resources between Chinese and African youths; the Kenya (China) International Investment Cooperation Center has officially settled in the "Belt and Road" China-Africa Cooperation Industrial Park, ushering in new progress in the construction of China-Africa industrial cooperation carriers.
At the scene, guests from the Nigerian Embassy in China, the China-Africa Private Chamber of Commerce, as well as enterprises investing in Africa, financial institutions, and digital trade platforms discussed in depth new opportunities and new paths for China-Africa economic and trade cooperation in multiple fields.
The event also released the "Hangzhou Initiative" for the ten major partnership actions for Chinese and African private enterprises to implement modernization, calling on Chinese and African private enterprises to seize the development opportunities of digital trade, adhere to equality, mutual trust, industrial collaboration, adhere to digital intelligence empowerment, local symbiosis, adhere to green development, compliance and responsibility, and help build a high-level China-Africa modernization partnership.
It is reported that the 2026 "Digital and Trade Africa Day" will be based on the "Digital Intelligence China-Africa Park Starts Digital Trade" docking event and the "Smart Africa" humanities exhibition in the joint cooperation exhibition area of international organizations, striving to create an important pivot for Zhejiang to serve the country's overall cooperation with Africa. During this period, the China Meteorological Administration promoted China's intelligent meteorological early warning program "Mazu" to be launched in Africa for special promotion, deepening international meteorological cooperation between China and Africa, and practicing the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind with the "power of meteorology".
The "Digital Trade Africa Day" series of activities also includes the "Africa-Shadow" China-Africa people-to-people and cultural exchange activities and the "Digital Trade Qiantang" China-Africa industrial cooperation contacts and other activities to expand cooperation in areas such as people-to-people exchanges and industrial docking. The series of activities closely follows the background of the "China-Africa Year of Cultural Exchanges" in 2026. The AIGC China-Africa friendly animation "Kung Fu Brothers African Adventure" was launched for the first time, promoting its launch on channels in many African countries, and enriching the content of China-Africa cultural exchanges.
In the next step, Zhejiang will give full play to the role of the "Digital Trade Africa Day" platform, further leverage its digital trade and industrial advantages, deepen exchanges and cooperation with African countries in multiple fields, and continue to expand new space for China-Africa economic and trade cooperation.
