(focus on china-africa cooperation) chinese and african entrepreneurs look forward to writing new cooperation stories
2024-09-04
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china news service, beijing, september 4 (li xiaoyu, yin qianyun, liu liang) "going to africa" and "going to china" are becoming the wishes of many chinese and african entrepreneurs. as china-africa economic and trade exchanges become increasingly close, they hope to continue to write more new cooperation stories.
in senegal, china national salt group uses raw sea salt obtained by sun drying local seawater as raw material, and adopts multiple crushing, washing and drying methods to produce 150,000 tons of refined salt products a year.
a relevant person in charge of china national salt group said in an interview with china news service that many african countries have unique natural conditions for developing salt production. for example, the concentration of seawater used for salt production in senegal is more than three times that of ordinary seawater. ghana, angola and tanzania also have long coastlines. enterprises in these countries have expressed their willingness to cooperate with china national salt group, hoping to introduce chinese technology and advanced equipment to improve their own production levels.
the person in charge said that unlike china, where nearly 90% of salt is industrial salt, most of the salt in these countries is edible salt. therefore, while cooperating to improve the level of salt production technology, they can also help them develop salt chemical industry based on salt raw materials, including caustic soda, soda ash, sodium chlorate, etc. the prospects for cooperation are very broad.
mo dingge, chairman of china national chemical engineering group co., ltd., said that thanks to its rich resources, africa's industrial system, especially its manufacturing industry, has promising prospects for development. this is an important opportunity for chinese technology, chinese equipment and chinese standards to "go global".
in addition to traditional manufacturing, china-africa economic and trade cooperation is expanding into many new areas such as clean energy, digital economy, finance and trade, which has also enabled many companies to see new business opportunities.
as a new energy enterprise, jinkosolar's photovoltaic modules and energy storage products have been exported to 45 countries in africa, with a market share of nearly 15%. it has its own marketing network and distribution system in most african countries. qian jing, global vice president of jinkosolar, told china news service that thanks to jinkosolar's photovoltaic storage technology and products, photovoltaic power has achieved grid parity in most african regions, that is, the price of photovoltaic electricity is lower than the cost of local thermal power or natural gas power generation.
qian jing believes that there is still a lot of potential for china-africa cooperation in the field of clean energy, and the biggest opportunities come from photovoltaic and energy storage applications. the economic efficiency of photovoltaic and energy storage solutions, their weak dependence on the power grid, and africa's natural sunshine advantages have created a huge number of opportunities for china-africa cooperation in the field of clean energy in the future.
"china has the technology and solutions, and africa has strong demand, which means the prospects for cooperation between the two sides are broad," said qian jing.
the picture shows the dangote refinery project in nigeria, the world's largest single-series refinery. photo courtesy of china national chemical engineering group co., ltd.
david ferreira, ceo of vitalis china and chairman of the south african business alliance in china, said that companies such as ping an group of china have provided african companies with a lot of experience to learn from, and this partnership enables companies on both sides to jointly create value and develop new business models.
he said that china is an excellent market because the "china story" is not only reflected in the rapid economic development of the country, but also in the creation of a large number of cooperation opportunities for the business community. african companies hope to learn new technologies from chinese companies, and also hope to learn and generate "new stories" in china.
the strong desire of chinese and african entrepreneurs to strengthen cooperation can also be seen from the upcoming 8th china-africa entrepreneurs conference. according to zhang shaogang, vice president of the china council for the promotion of international trade, the scale of this entrepreneurs' conference reached 1,000 people, and the number of applicants "far exceeded expectations."
at this conference, entrepreneurs from energy and mining, infrastructure, finance and trade, as well as electronic technology, communication satellites, biomedicine and other fields will gather together to share successful experiences and explore cooperation opportunities. as many entrepreneurs engage in "brainstorming", it is expected that the chinese and african business communities will present more new stories of mutually beneficial cooperation. (end)
