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The Water Company of CGCOC Won the "Top Ten Cases of Zhejiang-African Cooperation"

Date:2019-03-04     visitors:2391

On March 1, themeeting of economic cooperation and exchange between Zhejiang and African washeld in Hangzhou. Those who attended were, Shen Xiang, Deputy Director of theDepartment of Western Asia and Africa of the Ministry of Commerce of PRC,relevant leaders of the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Commerce, and otherrelated officers of various foreign economic and trade companies. Besides, SunGuoqiang, Vice President of CGCOC, Chen Hongfei, Executive Senior Manager, and DuFengshan, GM of Water Company, also were invited to participate. The Water Companywon the “Top Ten Cases of Zhejiang-African Cooperation”, and the Ethiopian andDjibouti Cross-Border Water Supply Project was selected as a key showcase forZhejiang's economic cooperation with Africa.

At the meeting,the "Zhejiang Provincial Action Plan for Accelerating Economic and TradeCooperation with Africa" policy was issued (2019-2022). Sheng Qiuping, Directorof the Provincial Department of Commerce, pointed out that Zhejiang's economicand trade cooperation with Africa begins quite early, stably, and effectively.Looking back on past economic and trade activities, we can see that Africa hasbecome an important emerging market for Zhejiang's foreign trade import andexport and a key area for Zhejiang’s companies to realize the “Going Abroad”and carry out production capacity cooperation. According to the three-yearsaction plan, the government will coordinate resources and provide more servicesand guarantees for companies to cooperate with Africa.

The meeting alsoinvited the ambassadors from Ugandan, Nigerian, Togo and other countries’ inChina as special guests. We all believe that through this meeting, the WaterCompany of CGCOC is committed to building a platform for cooperation betweenZhejiang and Africa under clearer policies and directions.


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