To provide better support for Chinese enterprises to make investment and improve their image overseas and to be a good pusher and promoter for the economic and trade relationships between China and foreign parties, on the afternoon of July 17, the ceremony for the signing of the Strategic Partnership Memorandum of Understanding between Chinese Enterprise Global Image Alliance (CEGIA) and Economic & Commercial Counselors Alliance in China (ECCAC) and thematic salon activity were held at CIPG Culture & Creative Plaza.
CEGIA, which was initiated and established by China Report of China International Publishing Group (CIPG), has been engaged in helping Chinese enterprises to "go global" and improve their image overseas. A number of guest speakers were invited to the salon themed on "Opportunities and challenges for Chinese enterprises to 'invest in Africa'." Of them, there are Dr. Ayman Aly Osman, head of the Economic & Commercial Bureau of the Embassy of Egypt in China and chairman of ECCAC; Mr. Kouadi Kouamé Séverin, counselor from the Embassy of the Republic of Cote D'Ivoire in China and council member of ECCAC; Ms. Jeanette COULIBALY, director of the Commerce Bureau of the Embassy of the Republic of Cote D'Ivoire in China; Mr. Dušan Marušák, economic counselor of the Embassy of the Slovak Republic in China and executive director of ECCAC.
The attendees to the activity include Mao Yixiang, director of the Information Center of the State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, Zhang Zhengyan from the office of the External Promotion Bureau of the State Council Information Office, Chen Shi, deputy editor-in-chief of CIPG and president and editor-in-chief of China Report, and representatives from more than 20 enterprises, such as China National Nuclear Corporation, China Nuclear E&C Group, Sinopec, Shenhua Group, China Guodian Corporation, China Unicom, China FAW Group, China National Materials Group Corporation Ltd., China Railway Signal & Communication Corporation Limited, China Railway Construction Corporation Limited, China State Construction, and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China. The salon was presided over by Huang Yulong, assistant president of China Report and secretary general of CEGIA.
Remarks of the counselors
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Dr. Ayman Aly Osman, head of the Economic & Commercial Bureau of the Embassy of Egypt in China and chairman of ECCAC. |
China has long-term trade connections with Africa and good relationships with African countries. The Chinese government has been encouraging Chinese enterprises to make investment in Africa and participate in the construction of Africa. This promotes the social development of Africa and also plays a very important and helpful role for further enhancing the partnership between China and Africa. Especially, China and Egypt have established a close and good partnership between governments, chambers of commerce and enterprises. Many Chinese enterprises, such as Sinopec and China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation, have had successful operation and investment projects in Egypt. For Chinese enterprises, there are many fields suitable for investment in Egypt, including high-tech, energy, transportation, railway and tourism.
——Dr. Ayman Aly Osman, head of the Economic & Commercial Bureau of the Embassy of Egypt in China and chairman of ECCAC
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Kouadi Kouamé Séverin, counselor from the Embassy of the Republic of Cote D'Ivoire in China and council member of ECCAC. |
Cote D'Ivoire is a country primarily based on agriculture, with abundant mineral resources and currently an economic growth rate of 10 percent. However, the lack of overall infrastructure construction ability has limited the development of the country. Therefore, we expect very much for foreign enterprises to make investment in Cote D'Ivoire. We have quite free preferential policies to support such investment and related projects. We eagerly hope that Chinese enterprises can make investment in our infrastructure projects. In case of any difficulties encountered during the investment, I would like very much to provide corresponding advice.
——Kouadi Kouamé Séverin, counselor from the Embassy of the Republic of Cote D'Ivoire in China and council member of ECCAC
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Dušan Marušák, economic counselor of the Embassy of the Slovak Republic in China and executive director of ECCAC. |
Although the Slovak Republic is not an African country, we still attach great importance to the cooperation with China in business and trade. The Slovak Republic boasts beautiful landscapes and pleasant climate, and very rich resources as well. We have mainly launched investment and cooperation projects with China in some important sectors, such as technology transfer, auto industry, food industry, and tourism. We eagerly hope that Chinese enterprises can make investment and participate in our construction of transportation and logistics facilities.
——Dušan Marušák, economic counselor of the Embassy of the Slovak Republic in China and executive director of ECCAC
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