On September 20, local time in Ouagadougou, the China-Burkina Faso Economic and Trade Cooperation and Business Exchange Conference was grandly held in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso. The exchange conference was hosted by the Embassy of Burkina Faso in China and the Ministry of Commerce. Senior officials including Prime Minister of Burkina Faso Laborine Kieran, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Cooperation and Overseas Chinese of Burkina Faso Karamoko Traoré, Minister of Economy, Finance and Planning of Burkina Faso Aboubacar Nakanabo attended the conference, and more than 1,000 people including Chinese business representatives attended the conference. The exchange conference aims to build a bridge of communication, strengthen economic and trade cooperation and exchanges between China and Burkina Faso, and promote international cooperation under the "Belt and Road" initiative to a new level.
▲布基納法索外交、區(qū)域合作和海外僑民部部長(zhǎng)卡拉莫科·特拉奧雷Karamoko Traoré, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Cooperation and Burkina Faso Abroad
At the beginning of the exchange meeting, Karamoko Traoré, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Cooperation and Burkina Faso Abroad, delivered a speech. He pointed out that with the successful convening of the 2024 Forum on China-Africa Cooperation Summit, China-Burkina Faso cooperation has ushered in new opportunities. Burkina Faso pays great attention to trade and agricultural modernization. In the field of digital foreign trade, China-Burkina Faso cooperation has great potential and broad prospects. He expects more Chinese companies to invest in Burkina Faso, enhance the economic "blood-making" ability, increase the "gold content" of cooperation, and promote the rapid economic and social development of Burkina Faso.
▲布基納法索經(jīng)濟(jì)、財(cái)政與規(guī)劃部長(zhǎng)阿布巴卡爾·納卡納博Aboubacar Nakanabo, Minister of Economy, Finance and Planning of Burkina Faso
Aboubacar Nakanabo, Minister of Economy, Finance and Planning of Burkina Faso, said that Burkina Faso has a stable macroeconomic environment, and incentives such as the Investment Law and the Mining Law, as well as the protection provided by joining the African Trade Insurance Agency, which attract Chinese investors. He welcomes Chinese entrepreneurs to establish cooperative relations with local businessmen to achieve mutual benefit and win-win results by strengthening cooperation in trade, investment and technology.
▲布基納法索總理拉波里耐·基耶朗Burkina Faso Prime Minister Laporine Kieran
Prime Minister of Burkina Faso Laporine Kieran stressed that in recent years, the two governments and enterprises of China and Burkina Faso have cooperated closely, which reflects the determination to deepen friendship and seek common development. China's rapid development has provided inspiration and reference for Burkina Faso. He said: "What we need, China can provide. China has many opportunities in Burkina Faso, just as we have many opportunities in China." The government of Burkina Faso will make every effort to deepen cooperation, provide policy consultation, project matching, legal services and other support to entrepreneurs, ensure smooth investment, open a new chapter in China-Burkina Faso cooperation, and draw a blueprint for prosperity.
▲Zhong Wenqiang, International Business Marketing Director
As a leading energy equipment manufacturer in China, CWPC International Business Marketing Director Zhong Wenqiang shared the company's development plan in Burkina Faso and confidence in cooperation. CWPC is a company focusing on power, environmental protection, new energy and other fields, with world-class technology and rich experience. In Burkina Faso, the company plans to cooperate in gas-steam combined cycle power generation, biomass power generation, waste incineration power generation, photovoltaic, wind power and hydropower projects to optimize the local energy structure and promote economic development. CWPC will promote the project with international advanced standards, excellent quality and considerate service to ensure the advancement of technology and management concepts, and expressed good wishes for the cooperation between China and Burkina Faso.
China and Burkina Faso work together to create a bright future. CWPC is committed to international development. Taking advantage of the national "Belt and Road" strategy, this exchange meeting provides good opportunities and support for Chinese enterprises to enter the Burkina Faso market. It will introduce the most advanced new technologies in environmental protection such as gas turbines, biomass power generation, and waste incineration power generation into Burkina Faso, give full play to its professional advantages and deeply integrate into Burkina Faso's modernization process, create local jobs, increase exports and tax revenue, help the economic and trade relations between Chinese and Burkina Faso enterprises to develop in a diversified, large-scale, high-level and deep-level way, and jointly draw a grand blueprint for China-Burkina Faso industrial development cooperation.