On June 26, the book "China-Africa Economic and Trade Cooperation Cases and Programs" and the "Online China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo" are launched in Changsha. 

 

Lin Yifu, member of the Standing Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee, professor of Peking University, former senior vice president of the World Bank, and chief economist, speaks at the ceremony. 

 

Hunan Vice Governor He Baoxiang, who is also deputy director and secretary of the First China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo Organizing Committee, confers a nameplate for an online platform “Kilimall”. 

 

Xu Xiangping, executive deputy secretary-general of the Secretariat of the First China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo Organizing Committee and director of the Hunan Provincial Department of Commerce, makes a speech. 

 

The book "China-Africa Economic and Trade Cooperation Cases and Programs" and the "Online China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo" will be launched at the Mango Pavilion News Center of the Hunan International Convention and Exhibition Center on the morning of June 26. The events are hosted by the Secretariat of the First China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo Organizing Committee and organized by the Hunan Provincial Department of Commerce. 

 

The collection is an important innovation in implementing the guiding principle of “teaching them how to fish” put forward by General Secretary Xi Jinping when taking about China-Africa cooperation. It has 6 books in total and is in three languages: Chinese, English, and French. A total of 101 cases and programs included in the book involve various cooperation between 21 Chinese provinces and cities and 31 African countries in eight sectors, including agriculture, industrial manufacturing, commercial trade, infrastructure, industrial park cooperation, energy mining, financing cooperation, and others. The selected cases and programs are replicable, applicable and feasible. The collection is a set of practical methodology and reference tools that share Chinese experience, spread Chinese wisdom, and is of great practicality.

 

The online expo is a cross-linguistic, cross-time zones and inter-continental economic and trade channel between China and Africa. It will help African suppliers access to Chinese consumption market valued at 28 trillion CNY through digital, localization and marketization methods, assist African buyers in purchasing Chinese-made, high-quality, affordable products. The expo integrates online-offline services in a rapid way, which accelerates the healthy development of China-Africa trade and makes mutual trade easier.

 

This article is from Hunan Provincial Government. www.enghunan.gov.cn.

 

Translator: Xiao Juan

 

Chinese source: Rednet