Ma Fuming, President of the Horgos International Trade Chamber of Commerce: The ancient Silk Road has new opportunities
Text/Yangcheng Evening News All-Media Reporter Xu Zhangchao, Sun Qiman, Chen Zeyun
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“China-Europe freight trains have fast transportation time and stable cycles. The railway department has provided safe and affordable transportation plans based on the characteristics of the cargo category and the needs of the cargo owners, saving transportation costs for our enterprises.” Ma Fuming, President of the Horgos International Trade Chamber of Commerce, told reporters that at present, the daily freight trains passing through the Horgos Port have maintained a normal operation of more than 20 trains, and the monthly traffic volume exceeds 600 trains for four consecutive months.
“In the past ten years, the Horgos Port has changed a lot from its quantity to type of imports and exports. Since the beginning of this year, the main imported commodities at the Horgos Port are electromechanical products, high-tech products, agricultural products, textile yarns, fertilizers, etc. The trade volume of imported fertilizers has increased exponentially, and the import volume has increased by 18.4 times year-on-year; exporters are mainly electromechanical products, high-tech products, etc., and the export trade volume of these two commodities has increased by 52.8% and 8.2% year-on-year respectively.” Ma Fuming said.
“The current international supply and demand matching relationship needs to be connected. Many local processing companies have a single source of raw materials, and many export-oriented companies can produce high-quality products that are urgently needed abroad, but because they are not familiar with foreign buyers and products, they have an embarrassing situation of “raising them in the deep boudoir and no one knows them.” Ma Fuming said that the continuous growth of China-Europe freight train operation data is not only a stabilizing and rebounding of the international transportation situation, but also a continuous improvement of economic benefits for countries along the route. According to reports, the Chamber of Commerce held the “China Xinjiang Horgos-Kazakhstan Economic and Trade Investment Cooperation Promotion Conference” in Kazakhstan last year, promoting the investment environment, investment project planning and preferential policies of both parties, building a platform for cooperation and exchanges between the two parties, and promoting 12 companies to sign 14 contracts for production and processing, cultural tourism, logistics and transportation.
Ma Fuming said that China’s eastern coast is at the forefront of opening up to the outside world by relying on its port advantages, and Horgos, the city farthest from the ocean, is seizing the location advantages of the “Belt and Road” and “China-Europe Express” and strives to promote the high-quality development of the core area of the Silk Road Economic Belt. “With the ‘European’Demonstration projects such as the Western-Western China Expressway, China-Jiji-Ukraine International Highway, and Tajikistan Waya Railway have been implemented. The ancient Silk Road will shine with new vitality and vitality.”
Li Tiantao, Chairman of Zhongyuguan Central Asia Resources Group, said: Guangdong businessmen are at a good time to enter Central Asia
“We have been doing business in Xinjiang for 20 or 30 years. We have had business dealings with enterprises from various Central Asian countries before, so we will naturally enter the local market. “Li Tiantao, chairman of Zhongyuguan Zhongya Resources Group, said, “Although Guangdong’s products are very popular here and there are many products from Guangdong in Central Asia, the number of Guangdong people doing business here is still relatively small. ”
“If we look at Europe and the United States in the early stage of reform and opening up and ASEAN in the later stages, I think now is exactly the time to look at Central Asia. “Li Tiantao told reporters that Guangdong companies used to have many layouts in Europe, the United States, Japan, South Korea or Southeast Asia. After the launch of the China-Europe freight train with Cinema, sites in Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Jiangmen and other places have been opened one after another. The cost of selling Guangdong products to Central Asia has been reduced. The time for logistics and transportation of Komiks is greatly shortened, and the benefits of enterprises have become very obvious. ”
Li Tiantao emphasized that countries in Central Asia are also following China’s experience in reform and opening up, accelerating economic and social development such as municipal engineering construction and urbanization. Combined with the growth of consumer groups and the increase in market demand space, there is a demand for many products in Guangdong, such as new energy vehicles and household appliances. “I think there will be a relatively large window period in three years.”
How can Guangdong enterprises take the opportunity to go overseas? “If enterprises fight alone and do their own things, the overall impact may not be that great, and the cost will be higher. “Li Tiantao said that “going together to go overseas” is relatively influential. KomiksThe development of some industrial parks can be used for upstream and downstream Cinema, and the different functions of each enterprise can be fully utilized.
“We plan to follow some countries in Central Asia in the futureFunctional departments are connected, such as the Investment Agency, the Ministry of Commerce or industry associations, to organize them to participate in the Canton Fair or some other domestic industry exhibitions, and to organize some Guangdong enterprises to conduct field visits in Central Asia and plan to build a platform for exchanges with Central Asia for enterprises in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. The relevant departments in Dongguan are also interested in connecting and building this platform. “Li Tiantao said.
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In 2013, the first Chengdu-Europe Express (later named China-Europe Express) drove from Chengdu International Railway Port to Rhodes, Poland. In 2016, with the unified brand of China-Europe Express, Poland became the terminal or necessary hub for multiple shuttle bus routes of China-Europe Express, and is the gateway for China-Europe Express to enter the European market.
href=”https://funnybookish.com/”>CinemaZhao Yihua, chairman of the Polish Silk Road Foundation and executive director of Guangdong Taisheng Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., believes that the proposal of the “Belt and Road” initiative and the opening of the China-Europe Express have opened up a fast international logistics channel for Poland’s high-quality agricultural products to enter the Chinese market, and also gives Chinese companies and domestic investors more opportunities to open up a broad new market in Europe.
Zhao Yihua has operated enterprises in Poland for more than 30 years, which is the “Belt and Road” initiative<a The direct beneficiary of Komiks. The launch of the China-Europe Express has given Zhaoyihua a business opportunity. He was one of the first merchants to transport Polish apples to China through the China-Europe Express. "Poland's 'wild' apples are world-renowned. If transported by sea, it will take 45 days from Poland to Nansha Port, but it only takes 15 days to pass the China-Europe Express. The shelf life of agricultural products is relatively short, and the shortening of transportation time has a great impact on the cross-border trade of agricultural products."
With the deepening of the “Belt and Road”, the development of enterprises has ushered in more market opportunities, investment opportunities, and growth space.In 2016, Zhaoyihua returned to China to establish the Taisheng Pharmaceutical Industry. Now, Taisheng has introduced Polish organic products certified by the EU, such as milk and fruit juice, to the country, to develop tonics, and produce green and healthy tonics to supply the domestic market; at the same time, it has used its overseas trade channels that it has operated for many years to export Taisheng’s brand tonics abroad, truly forming a domestic and international dual circulation trade sample that “bring in” and “going out”.
Guangdong-CIS International Science and Technology Cooperation Alliance Secretary-General Guo Fengzhi: Babaylan Economic and trade cooperation is in a strong momentum
This year marks the 30th year that Guo Fengzhi graduated and came to Guangzhou, and it is also the 30th year that he has dealt with Eastern and Central Asian countries such as Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and other Eastern and Central Asian countries. Today, Guo Fengzhi, who is already the Secretary-General of the Guangdong-CIS International Science and Technology Cooperation Federation (hereinafter referred to as the “Alliance”), is still working hard to develop international cooperation resources for Guangdong’s Federation of Independent States (hereinafter referred to as the “CIS”). According to reports, the alliance is currently the largest platform institution for cooperation in science and technology, industry, talent and education under the “Belt and Road” framework. Guo Fengzhi told Yangcheng Cinema Evening News reporter that on the one hand, China is accelerating the provision of high-quality and low-priced products to countries and regions along the Belt and Road; on the other hand, China is also working hard to increase cooperation with various countries in infrastructure construction, energy development and industry.
“Specifically, our Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the CIS<a href="https://funnybookiThe development momentum of economic and trade cooperation among countries including Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus and other countries has always been very strong. The light industrial products, clothing, jewelry, shoes, Cinema, ceramics, and building materials in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area have always been the main imports of Central Asian countries." Guo Fengzhi admitted that from furniture, bathrooms, lamps, clothing, shoes, and hats, to electronic products, integrated circuits, etc., "Made in Guangdong" occupies the main markets of CIS countries. Guo Fengzhi said that this year marks the 10th anniversary of the proposal of the "Belt and Road" initiative. With the continuous advancement of the construction of the "Belt and Road", enterprises that come to the alliance to negotiate business are also increasing day by day, mainly focusing on five major cooperation areas including bulk trade cooperation, education cooperation, scientific and technological project cooperation, high-end expert cooperation, and tourism cooperation.
“Our team is constantly promoting cooperation in these areas, hoping to bring more resources to the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, help different cooperative institutions in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area connect with partners of the CIS and promote the implementation of more projects.” Guo Fengzhi said.