A matchmaking conference for major foreign investment and cooperation projects of Hunan Province in 2024 was held in Changsha on October 17. The Directory of Major Foreign Investment and Cooperation Projects of Hunan Province for 2024 was announced at the meeting, highlighting a total of 44 projects.

According to the directory, there are 16 investment projects, mainly involving agriculture, electric power, electronics, new materials, and industrial parks, and 28 foreign contracted projects, including electric power and water conservancy energy, mining, infrastructure, transportation, and business services industries. Representatives of the Hunan Afritech Greencrops Group Co., Ltd. and other eight enterprises introduced and shared their major projects.

In recent years, "Hunan investment" spreads all over the world, "Hunan construction" enjoys global reputation, "Hunan labor" serves the world, and Hunan keeps deepening and consolidating "Belt and Road" Initiative investment and cooperation. Up to now, 986 Hunan enterprises are operating overseas, stepping into 111 countries and regions. A total of 1,974 foreign contracted projects are implemented, serving 124 countries and regions. "By organizing this matchmaking conference, we encourage all participants to seize the opportunity to advance cooperation and exchanges, fostering a 'Hunan synergy' in foreign investment and cooperation. I hope it will stimulate the confidence and drive for Hunan enterprises to 'go global'," said Guo Ning, deputy director of the Department of Commerce of Hunan Province.

In the first half of this year, Hunan's newly-signed foreign contracted projects were valued at 1.38 billion USD, an increase of 128.8%. The completed turnover reached 1.34 billion USD, up 39.0% year on year. The 'going global' construction industry continued to stay stable and sound. Wu Yong, deputy director of the Hunan Provincial Department of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, remarked that Hunan has a complete construction industry chain, from project plan, design, production, and construction to operation and maintenance management, with strong scientific and technological talent support at each process. In the future, we will further optimize our service initiatives to provide enterprises with a full range of services such as project consultation, approval services, and financing support; further encourage group cooperation to enhance the competitiveness at global market; and, further promote the introduction of talents to cultivate more internationalized professionals through school-enterprise cooperation, so as to inject new impetus into the enterprises' "going global", he added.

责编：唐煜斯

一审：唐煜斯

二审：秦慧英

三审：黄晓辉

来源：湖南省政府门户网