On the afternoon of September 19, 2024, the China (Chongqing) Overseas African Market Opportunities Matchmaking Conference was successfully held at the "Jiujiu Satisfaction·Pro-Qing Alliance" government-enterprise exchange platform at the Wuzhou Century Center in Jiulongpo District, Chongqing.

This event is supported by the Chongqing Municipal Commerce Commission, the China-Africa Private Chamber of Commerce, the Chongqing Jiulongpo District Business Committee and the Chongqing Jiulongpo District Federation of Industry and Commerce, and is organized by the Chongqing National Business Economic and Trade Investment Promotion Center, Chongqing Chamber of Commerce for International Cooperation of Private Economy, Co-sponsored by Shengfei (Shanghai) Business Management Consulting Co., Ltd. Pan Ling, Director of the Asia and Africa Department of the Chongqing Municipal Commerce Commission, Lu Xiaoxiao, Deputy Director of the Foreign Economic Cooperation Department of the Chongqing Municipal Commerce Commission, Zuo Tuqiang, Chairman of the SCO Digital Culture Industry Development Working Committee, Deputy Deng Xuetao, Party Committee Member of the Jiulongpo District Commerce Committee The director attended. This symposium brought together 80 More than 100 influential business representatives discussed the opportunities and challenges in the China-Africa market.

Pan Ling, director of the Asia and Africa Department of the Chongqing Municipal Commerce Commission, said that the convening of the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation from September 4 to 6 this year heralds an unprecedented new historical opportunity for China-Africa cooperation. As an important central city in western China, Chongqing is at the junction of the “Belt and Road Initiative” and the Yangtze River Economic Belt. It is striving to build an important strategic fulcrum for the development of the western region in the new era and a comprehensive hub for inland opening up. This exchange meeting aims to further deepen economic and trade cooperation between Chongqing and Africa and provide Chongqing enterprises with more market information, policy support and cooperation platform. The government will, as always, support enterprises to "go global", dare to innovate and develop, make good use of the policy support provided by the state and local governments, and find more business opportunities and partners in the African market.

Deputy Director Deng Xuetao, a member of the Jiulongpo District Commerce Committee, said that this matchmaking meeting comes at the right time and provides professional guidance for enterprises in Jiulongpo District and even Chongqing to seize the opportunity of China and Africa's trade and prosperity partnership and actively explore the African market. , established a communication platform. In the next step, the Jiulongpo District Commerce Committee will carefully serve enterprises in the region to explore the African market, actively organize enterprises to participate in international exhibitions and trade promotion activities in the African region, strengthen information sharing, exchanges and policy support, and lead enterprises to continue to deepen economic and trade cooperation with African countries. Actively promote motorcycles, general machinery, new energy vehicles, electronic information and other enterprises in the region to comprehensively expand their market share in Africa, expand the import scale of African minerals, agricultural products, etc., and at the same time strengthen cooperation with African countries in manufacturing, infrastructure construction, tourism, energy Cooperate in other aspects.

The content of this matchmaking meeting is rich, comprehensive and in-depth. Starting from the unique industrial investment environment of each African country, it provides an in-depth analysis of the investment in different countries under the influence of many factors such as policies and regulations, resource endowments, market potential and humanistic environment. Advantages and Disadvantages.

From cost-effectiveness to capital-driven and now mentality-driven, China's product capabilities have equaled or even surpassed those of competing products in developed countries. The overflow of superior capabilities is driving international consumers to recognize Chinese companies and brands. Factors such as the restructuring of the global industrial structure, the concentration of innovation, the localization of production, and the diversification and dispersion of capital are motivating more companies to go overseas. Understanding that African countries’ desire for sustainable development and a good living environment provides opportunities for companies to go overseas, a new overseas overseas paradigm of “demand + win-win + narrative” emerged.

In the complex and challenging process of enterprises going overseas, logistics and supply chain play an irreplaceable and critical role, providing a solid and powerful guarantee for enterprises to go overseas. An efficient logistics system is like the lifeline of an enterprise in overseas markets. Modern warehousing facilities can properly preserve the company's various products, ensuring that the quality of the goods is not damaged and the quantity is not lost during storage. The diversified transportation methods, including sea transportation, air transportation, land transportation, etc., can be flexibly combined according to the nature, quantity, transportation time requirements and other factors of the goods, providing enterprises with a wealth of choices.

At the meeting, logistics and supply chain security were explained in detail, including the current status of Africa's local logistics infrastructure, transportation cost structure, the connection efficiency of various links in the supply chain, and how to deal with possible logistics disruption risks and other factors.

Finally, the meeting gave everyone a detailed explanation on the organizational structure and financial and tax considerations of overseas enterprises. In terms of organizational structure, it analyzes in detail how to build a flat, high-efficiency organizational model that adapts to the African market; in terms of financial and tax considerations, it deeply interprets the tax policies, preferential measures, foreign exchange management regulations of African countries, and how to carry out reasonable financial planning and Achieve important knowledge such as cost control and profit maximization.

With the careful preparation and active participation of all parties, this meeting achieved great success and received unanimous praise from everyone. Representatives of participating companies said that through this meeting, they had a clearer and more comprehensive understanding of the African market. Many of the confusions they encountered in the process of going overseas were inspired and answered here, and they also gained insights into the future development direction of their companies. Clearer planning.