Ningbo, July 4 (China News Service The "Entering Cixi" - Business Cooperation Matching Conference for Central Asian Countries was held in Cixi City, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province on the 4th. Over a hundred people, including representatives from the embassies and consulates of Central Asian countries in China, business communities, and Chinese foreign trade enterprises, attended the conference to promote economic and trade cooperation between China and Central Asian countries.

Rakhmanov Khamidjon, the Commercial Consul of the Consulate General of Uzbekistan in Shanghai, said that the country is located in the "heart" of Central Asia and is actively developing transportation and logistics infrastructure, especially accelerating the construction of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan Railway and participating in the high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road Initiative". We have abundant natural resources, a superior geographical location and sufficient human capital. We look forward to expanding cooperation with foreign investors.

On July 4th, at the matchmaking event, Arongla (center), the representative of the Kyrgyzstan Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Guangzhou, was in talks with local business leaders. Photo by Zhang Bin

Alondra, the representative of the Kyrgyzstan Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Guangzhou, introduced that in recent years, the country has implemented tax and tariff reduction policies and simplified the land approval and licensing procedures. If the application process for building permits is simplified, the approval of urban construction projects will only take 10 working days. We look forward to cooperating with Chinese enterprises to open up new development space for both sides.

Ningbo is a strong city in China in terms of foreign trade and manufacturing. Cixi City ranks sixth among the top 100 counties (cities) in China in terms of comprehensive strength. In 2024, its regional GDP reached 292.86 billion yuan, and its private economy is full of vitality.

On that day, over a hundred local enterprises in the fields of home appliances and electronics, daily textiles, etc. held talks with representatives from the business communities of Central Asian countries and Chinese-funded enterprises, reaching intention orders worth 30 million yuan.

Yan Weiguo, the president of the Ningbo Committee of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, said in his speech that as of now, Ningbo enterprises have filed about 300 million US dollars of Chinese investment in Central Asian countries, and a total of 29 foreign-invested enterprises from Central Asian countries have been established in Ningbo. Ningbo, an important starting port of the Maritime Silk Road, is continuously strengthening cooperation with the Central Asian countries located in the core area of the ancient Silk Road to carry forward the "China-Central Asia Spirit". (End

- Excerpted from China News Service