"Come to China if You Want to Do Business"After a visit to an exhibition hall in Shunde City of Guangdong Province, 180 officials from over 40 African countries exclaimed at China's capacity in producing electrical appliances and its rapid economic development in coastal cities."I'll tell our entrepreneurs back home - come to China if you want to do business," said Eriya Kategaya, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uganda. "Seeing is believing," Kategaya said, "The visit to Guangdong has impressed me a lot. It's not enough for us officials to be here. Our entrepreneurs need to learn more about China, too." Shunde is one of China's biggest production bases for household electrical appliances. In the exhibition hall, Zambian Director of Macro Economics Richard Chizyuka was so excited over a state-of- the-art video telephone that he tried it right away. The African guests are here in Guangdong at the invitation of the Provincial government, in the wake of the three-day China- Africa Cooperation Forum in Beijing, which concluded last Thursday. In addition to Shunde, the African guests also attended the China Export Commodities Fair in Guangzhou and the High-Tech Fair in Shenzhen. At the High-Tech Fair, an economist at the Kenyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs could not tear himself away from a China-made " Kejian" mobile phone, insisting on buying one. At the Export Commodities Fair, Mathisas Nzon, Minister of Economics, Finance and Budget of Congo, showed special interest in a tricycle produced by the state-owned Changling Motorbike Group. "You will soon find it in Africa," a sales representative from Changling reassured him. According to the representative, Changling expects to export over 8,000 motorbikes to Africa this year. He said Changling hopes to cut costs and further explore the African market by setting up factories in Africa. |
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