On the morning of November 22 (Paris time), the Guangdong-Hong Kong-France Economic and Trade Cooperation Conference was held in Paris. He Zhongyou, vice governor of Guangdong province, attended the conference and delivered a keynote speech. Francis Ho, associate directors-general of InvestHK, gave an introduction to the business environment of Hong Kong. Vice president of Paris Metropolitan Region and Guan Jian, envoy of Chinese Embassy in France, attended the conference and delivered speeches.

 

He Zhongyou provided suggestions on deepening cooperation in five fields: aviation and aerospace, auto manufacturing, energy saving and environmental protection, high-end services and exchange and cooperation between SMEs. Guangdong holds the China International SME Fair every year, which provides a platform for SMEs based in different countries to learn experience from each other and communicate and cooperate with each other and will continue to drive more French SMEs to make investment in Guangdong and launch trade cooperation with Guangdong.

 

At the conference, He Zhongyou granted the nameplate for the Economic and Trade Office of Guangdong Province in Europe, which was established under the organization led by the Department of Commerce of Guangdong Province, marking that Guangdong’s first overseas economic and trade office under direct guidance of the People’s Government of Guangdong was established.

 

The conference was jointly sponsored by the People’s Government of Guangdong and the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and jointly organized by the Department of Commerce of Guangdong Province and InvestHK as well as ASSOGES. Zheng Jianrong, director general of the Department of Commerce of Guangdong Province, presided over the conference. More than 360 Chinese and French enterprises attended it.

 

During the visit to Paris, He Zhongyou attended a series of economic and trade communication activities, including the Work Conference of Economic and Trade Representative Organizations of Local Governments and Departments of Guangdong in Europe, which was held by the Department of Commerce of Guangdong Province in Paris on November 21, aiming to have an understanding of the work of the economic and trade representative organizations of Guangdong province in Europe, the difficulties and problems encountered by them and their future work plans.

 

Source: Translated from Invest Guangzhou