Hunan business representatives, academicians and experts, and representatives of well-known private entrepreneurs from all over the world gathered in "Yancheng" to share their nostalgia and seek common development.
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Since its first session in 2007, the Global Hunan Business Conference has promoted more than 2,000 investment and cooperation projects.
China News Service, Hengyang, Hunan, September 23 (Reporter Lu Yi) The 12th Global Hunan Business Conference opened in Hengyang, Hunan on the 23rd. Hunan business representatives, academicians and experts, and representatives of well-known private entrepreneurs from all over the world gathered in "Yancheng" to share their nostalgia and seek common development.
With the theme of "Building new heights in Hunan and opening a new chapter in business", this Hunan Business Conference held an opening meeting, a meeting to promote the return of Hunan businessmen, a symposium for overseas business associations and multinational companies, organized on-site inspections for project docking, and built a platform for exchanges and cooperation. The conference also set up more than 50 online branch venues such as the Hunan General Chamber of Commerce in the United States and the Hunan Chamber of Commerce in Guangdong Province, allowing global Hunan businessmen to link up in the cloud and participate in the grand event.
At the opening meeting, Zhang Xin, vice chairman of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce and chairman of TBEA Co., Ltd., said in his speech that he would "increase investment" in Hunan: TBEA plans to invest more than 10 billion yuan in Hunan and strive to achieve global revenue of 50 billion yuan in Hunan industries.
Gong Wu, president of the Hunan Chamber of Commerce in Rwanda and chairman of Zhongchen Science and Technology Construction (Guangdong) Group Co., Ltd., said that currently Hunan-Africa economic and trade cooperation is ushering in a new stage of "two-way rush". Hunan has advantages in rail transportation, construction and other fields, and can participate in Africa's railways, ports Infrastructure construction such as imports, electricity, and communications; Africa has rich agricultural and food resources such as coffee and aquatic products, as well as policy support such as zero tariffs and green channels for exporting agricultural and food products to China. Hunan can expand the import and processing of African agricultural and food products and cultivate a new consumption ecology.
Liu Ying, president of the Hunan General Chamber of Commerce of Entrepreneurs in Central Asia, is also optimistic about the prospects for cooperation between Hunan and Central Asian countries. He said that Hunan's construction machinery industry adapts to the needs of Central Asian countries' infrastructure and mining development markets; medical education and medical health industries can jointly build talent training projects with Central Asian countries; Hunan can serve as an important hub for Central Asian agricultural and animal husbandry products to enter the central and southern China market.
Since the first Global Hunan Business Conference was held in 2007, it has promoted more than 2,000 investment cooperation projects with a total investment of 1.14 trillion yuan. It is reported that approximately 42 projects were signed during this conference.
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