Participants of 2025 Global South Financiers Forum visit central China's Hunan Province
A group of foreign guests from government organs, financial institutions and enterprises who came to China to attend the 2025 Global South Financiers Forum paid a visit to central China's Hunan Province from March 22 to 23.
A group of participants of the 2025 Global South Financiers Forum visit Hunan Geely Automobile Parts Co., Ltd. on March 22, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Zhenhai)
The group visited Hunan Geely Automobile Parts Co., Ltd., the Wasion Energy Industrial Park, and the Yuetang Economic and Technological Development Zone in Xiangtan City on March 22, to learn about the development and industrial advantages of new energy vehicles, advanced energy storage, engineering machinery and other fields in Hunan, and exchange ideas with representatives of relevant parks and enterprises.
The group visited the permanent exhibition hall of the China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo (CAETE)in Yuhua District, Changsha City, and had a symposium with members of the China-Africa Economic and Trade Promotion Council on March 23. It also visited a local factory of Sany Group.
A group of participants of the 2025 Global South Financiers Forum visit a factory of Sany Group in Changsha, Hunan on March 23, 2025. (Gu Pengbo)
In the future, China-Africa economic and trade cooperation will develop in scope and depth, and is expected to expand to fields such as technology, renewable energy, agriculture, healthcare, and digital finance, noted Jonathan Titus-Williams, Sierra Leone's Deputy Minister of Planning and Economic Development, and also the leader of the visiting group.
With the promotion of the Belt and Road Initiative, the next stage of cooperation between China and Africa will create more opportunities for mutual benefitsand contribute to Africa's economic growth and global competitiveness, he added.
Sino-Congolese Bank for Africa (BSCA) has always been committed to fosteringbilateral trade and investment facilitation, achievingcooperation results in fields such as healthcare, education, infrastructure construction, and finance, said Patrick Herve Obamby, Deputy General Manager of BSCA, and a member of the visiting group, adding that BSCAwill provide services for more Chinese enterprises to do business in the Republic of the Congo.
Pluton Investfocuses on energy production and infrastructure construction, and looks forward to collaborating with enterprises in Hunan such as Sany Group to jointly develop new projects in Africa, said Nassour Mahamat Delio, Founder and CEO of Pluton Invest in Chad, and also a member of the visiting group.
Held on March 19-21 in Beijingwith the theme of "Illuminating Global South", the 2025 Global South Financiers Forum was hosted by the Brand Work Office of Xinhua News Agency, China Economic Information Service, China Securities Journal, Shanghai Securities News, Economic Information Daily, China Fortune Media Group, and the National Financial Information Center. Government officials, financial institution leaders, and experts and scholars from over 30 countries and regions attended the event.
