On May 21, the State Council Information Office held a press conference announcing that the fourth China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo will take place from June 12 to 15 in Changsha, Hunan. With the theme "China and Africa: Together Toward Modernization", the event is co-hosted by the People's Government of Hunan Province and the Chinese Ministry of Commerce. This is one of the most significant economic and trade exchange activities between China and African countries this year. The Fourth China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo will invite five African countries - the Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Namibia, South Africa and Nigeria - as guest countries of honor, with Hubei Province and Chongqing Municipality serving as guest provinces (municipalities) of honor. Five African guest countries will construct specially designed booths, while another 20 African countries will set up national pavilions to collectively showcase their national profiles and featured products. Till present, over 12,000 participants have registered for the conference, including representatives from 44 African countries, 6 international organizations, 23 provinces and municipalities of China as well as more than 2,800 Chinese and African enterprises, business associations and financial institutions. Their discussions will focus on transforming exhibition traffic into economic and trade growth, thereby unleashing comprehensive effects. Compared to previous sessions, corporate participation has been more enth...
As the U.S. continues to expand its list of tariffs on Chinese goods, the latest data from China's General Administration of Customs in 2024 shows a 104% year-on-year surge in trade volume of new energy vehicles between China and Africa. From Ethiopian coffee beans to South African lithium ore, an industrial migration spanning the Indian Ocean is rewriting global economic rules. Ⅰ.Africa's Rise as a Breadbasket: Decoding China's Agricultural Strategy to to "De-Americanize"72 hours after the Trump Administration announced a tariff increase on $370 billion worth of Chinese goods, COFCO signed an agreement to import 1 million tons of soybeans from Mozambique. This is not an isolated incident — China’s agricultural imports from Africa exceeded $62 billion in 2023, with an increase of 287% from the early stages of the trade war in 2018. On Zambia's vast farmlands, the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System is guiding local farmers to achieve a leap in maize yield from 1.8 to 6.3 tons per hectare. “The arable land area in Africa is three times that of China, yet its utilization rate remains below 30%” Experts from the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs pointed out. Through the "agricultural special zone" model, China has established modern agricultural demonstration parks in 24 African countries, with hybrid rice technology quadrupling Madagascar's rice yield per unit of area. While U.S. soybean exporters lament their China market share drop from 37% to 17%, the China-A...
The Fourth China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo will be held in Changsha, Hunan from June 12 to 15, 2025, under the theme "China and Africa: Together Toward Modernization". On the afternoon of March 18, the promotion conference for the Fourth China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo was held in Beijing. The Fourth China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo focuses on implementing the spirit of President Xi Jinping’s keynote speech at the 2024 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation and the Ten Partnership Actions for China-Africa modernization; emphasizing its economic and trade essence, innovation and practical result, the Expo aims to transform "exhibition traffic" into "trade growth", "short-term events" into "long-term mechanisms", "government-led initiatives" into "market-driven dynamics", and "regional platforms" into "global nodes", to continuously enhance the Expo's brand influence. Shen Yumou, Secretary of the CPC Group and Director-General of Hunan Provincial Department of Commerce, introduced that this year's Expo features four main characteristics in its overall arrangement: Organize more precise economic and trade activities. We will promote China-Africa industrial chain collaboration and trade vitality through multiple economic events focusing on infrastructure, agricultural cooperation, clean energy, textiles, digital economy and green minerals, as well as CEO Dialogue, Dialogue on Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and project matchmaking of the Pilo...