Investment opportunities for Africa and China at PIGA B2B event in Hangzhou

對非投資合作企業對接會：投資非洲的商機

(Hangzhou-Geneva) The International Trade Centre (ITC), the Investment Promotion Agency of the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China, the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT), the Municipal Government of Hangzhou, are today and tomorrow organizing a business-to-business (B2B) matchmaking event in Hangzhou, China.

（杭州—日內瓦）由國際貿易中心、中國商務部投資促進局、中國國際貿易促進委員會和杭州市政府共同舉辦的對非投資合作企業對接會今明兩日在杭州召開。

對非投資合作企業對接會

The meeting, organized under the auspices of the Partnership and Investment for Growth in Africa (PIGA) project, funded by the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID), will focus on agro-processing and light manufacturing opportunities in Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique and Zambia. It will bring together companies and investment promotion organizations from the four African countries and Chinese companies that have strong interests in building business partnerships and investing in Africa.

此次對接會在“非洲投資與增長的合作伴”（PIGA）框架下舉辦，該項目由英國海外發展部資助，旨在促進埃塞俄比亞、肯尼亞、莫桑比克和贊比亞農產品加工業和輕工製造業的 發展。此次對接會將匯聚非洲四國的企業和投資促進機構，以及有強烈願望投資非洲和與之建立商業關係的中國企業。

Companies participating in the B2Bs will have the opportunity to meet with new business partners, explore new areas of cooperation and attend the plenary and practical sessions of the event.

參加企業對接會將有機會與新的商業夥伴洽談，探索合作的新領域，參加對接會的大會議程和實用環節。

Feng Yaoxiang, Director of the Department of Trade and Investment Promotion of CCPIT, said: 'PIGA enjoys great practical significance. With rich content in various forms, this event has been warmly welcomed by Chinese and African enterprises. Nearly 80 African companies have met with more than 200 representatives from Chinese enterprises. We hope that all participants have been able to make full use of this opportunity to carry out in-depth exchanges and discussions, expand trade and investment cooperation, and achieve mutually-beneficial and win-win development.’

“對非投資合作企業對接會，具有非常重要的現實意義。這次活動內容豐富、形式多樣，受到中非雙方企業積極響應，近百位非洲企業家與 200多位中國企業代表匯聚一堂。希望大家充分利用這次機會，深入開展交流研討，擴大貿易投資合作，實現互利共贏發展”，中國國際貿易促進委員會投資促進部部長馮耀祥說到。

In addition to one-on-one business meetings, a dedicated pitching session will showcase concrete large investment projects to participating Chinese investors. The event participants will benefit from the plenary to learn about the advantages and opportunities for investing in the four African countries and hear about the experience of Chinese companies who have already invested in those countries.

除了一對一的企業對接外，還有一場非洲大型投資項目的宣講會。參加本次對接會的企業還可以瞭解到投資非洲四國的優勢和機遇，以及已經投資這些國家的中國企業。

‘Africa is a continent on the rise with huge untapped potential for investment and trade,’ said Ashish Shah, Director for Country Programmes at ITC. ‘It is very well endowed with natural resources, a growing reservoir of young and skilled human resources, and a large internal market with a growing middle-class. In other words, Africa is more than ready to attract investments and boost trade.’

“非洲是一片‘冉冉升起’的大陸，有待發掘巨大的投資和貿易潛能”，國際貿易中心國家項目司司長 Ashish Shah 說道，“那裡有豐富的自然資源，不斷壯大的熟練青壯人力以及日益增長的中產階級帶來巨大的國內市場。換句話說，非洲已經做好準備接受外來投資和增長的貿易。”

‘ITC’s PIGA project is an innovative partnership that encourages responsible investments into Africa with a view to promote sustainable and inclusive growth across the continent,’ Mr. Shah said.

“國際貿易中心的PIGA項目是一種新型的合作伙伴關係，該項目促進有社會責任感的對非投資發展，從而推動跨非洲大陸的可持續和包容性增長”，Shah先生談到。

Through the PIGA project, ITC supports increased foreign investment and business partnerships local development in two productive sectors, agro-processing and light manufacturing. Its goal is to boost exports, jobs and local development through foreign investments and business partnerships in the two sectors in Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique and Zambia.

國際貿易中心通過PIGA項目，支持農產品加工業和輕工製造業兩大生產型行業增加外資和在非洲本地商業夥伴關係的發展。該項目旨在通過在埃塞俄比亞、肯尼亞、莫桑比克和贊 比亞兩大行業的外商投資和商業夥伴關係，促進出口、就業、本地發展。

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