The 7th WCIFIT｜Chongqing and Guangdong Secure Over RMB2 Billion in Investment and Trade Agreements

To amplify the fair's spillover effects and strengthen economic and trade cooperation between Guangdong and Chongqing, the Department of Commerce of Guangdong Province and the Chongqing Municipal Commerce Commission jointly hosted the "Guangdong Trades Nationally" 2025 Guangdong-Chongqing Economic and Trade Exchange Conference on the afternoon of May 22. It was revealed at the event that the Department of Commerce of Guangdong Province organized an economic and trade delegation of over 40 enterprises and institutions, comprising more than 150 participants, to attend the 7^th WCIFIT. The delegation secured investment and trade agreements exceeding RMB2 billion, covering sectors such as smart home appliances, daily household goods, and cultural & creative industries.

The "Guangdong Trades Nationally" 2025 Guangdong-Chongqing Economic and Trade Exchange Conference was held on the afternoon of May 22. Photo Provided by the Interviewed Entity

At the exchange conference, representatives of Zhanjiang City and Shaoguan City delivered industrial promotion presentations. Representative enterprises from Chongqing, including Yufeng Technology and State-Owned Enterprise Premium Products, as well as leading Guangdong-based companies such as GAC Hyper, Midea Air-Conditioning Equipment Co., Ltd. and Chenliji Health Industry Co., Ltd., took the stage one by one for presentations.

During the regional promotion segment, Wu Jiaxi, Deputy Director of the Zhenjiang District Government Office of Shaoguan City, stated that Chongqing's key industrial sectors - including next-generation electronic information manufacturing, advanced materials, new energy and new energy storage, and big data industries - align perfectly with Zhenjiang District's current industrial development priorities. As a result, Wu Jiaxi expressed strong interest in establishing further collaborations with relevant Chongqing enterprises.

Yang Zhangsheng, President of the Chamber of Commerce of Guangdong-Chongqing and Chairman of Yufeng Technology Co., Ltd., introduced that as a national high-tech enterprise rooted in Chongqing, the company has established "One Academy & Two Stations" and "Four Provincial/Ministrial-Level R&D Platforms", specializing in the research and manufacturing of special cables. Its products are widely used in smart grids, rail transit, new energy, and other fields, and have been applied in major projects such as Chongqing Rail Transit and Leishenshan Hospital. In recent years, the company has deepened collaborations with enterprises like BYD in areas including new energy cables and intelligent equipment support systems.

During the enterprise recommendation segment, Hu Min, Operation Director of the State-Owned Enterprise Premium Products Platform under the Chongqing State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC), explained that the "State-Owned Enterprise Premium Products" platform is a state-owned enterprise (SOE) product promotion initiative led by the Chongqing SASAC and implemented by the Chongqing Culture and Tourism Group (CQCT). Currently, it has aggregated over 2,800 products spanning 15 major categories, including food, cultural tourism, automobiles and home appliances. She emphasized that the "State-Owned Enterprise Premium Products" platform will continue to consolidate brand resources, actively incorporate high-quality SOE brands from Guangdong, and foster cross-regional product recommendations and brand storytelling to build a diversified and symbiotic brand ecosystem, further empowering regional collaborative development.

Liu Taiheng, South China Regional Manager of Guangzhou Chenliji Health Industry Co., Ltd., presented the company's product lines, including aged tangerine peel, tea, herbal tonics, nutritional supplements, and cultural-creative products. He emphasized that the western market represents a new and untapped "blue ocean" for the company and expressed hopes to establish partnerships with relevant enterprises through this year's WCIFIT.

It was reported that at this year's WCIFIT, Guangdong Province participated under the theme "Guangdong Trades Nationally", featuring a 300-square-meter Guangdong exhibition hall with unified branding. The hall brought together 43 renowned brands and China Time-honored Brands, including GAC Group, Chenliji, HAI-T, Xiaowei Technology, and Jialin Food. Over 100 exhibited products spanned sectors such as new energy vehicles, smart consumer electronics, high-quality Guangdong goods, Lingnan specialties, China Time-honored Brands, and premium ceramics.

"In recent years, guided by the national 'Belt and Road' Initiative, numerous enterprises from the Greater Bay Area and around the world have entered western China and established operations in Chongqing through Guangdong. Meanwhile, countless Chongqing-made products have reached global markets via Guangdong. This demonstrates how Guangdong-Chongqing cooperation vividly embodies the strategy of coordinated land-sea development and two-way east-west complementarity", stated Yu Chaohong, Chief Economist of the Chongqing Municipal Commerce Commission, during the conference. He expressed hope that Chongqing enterprises would seize the opportunities presented by this Guangdong-Chongqing Economic and Trade Exchange Conference to expand beyond Chongqing, establish roots in the Greater Bay Area, and leverage these connections to navigate international markets. 

Meng Xiaoliang, Deputy Director-General of the Department of Commerce of Guangdong Province, emphasized that as a key regional platform for economic and trade cooperation connecting western China with the world, this year's WCIFIT has provided an important stage for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Circle to deepen industrial and supply chain collaboration while jointly fostering new quality productive forces. He noted that Guangdong-Chongqing cooperation is not only a crucial move in implementing national strategies and serving broader development goals but also an inevitable outcome of regional synergistic growth, expressing confidence that both regions would achieve mutual success through win-win collaboration.

Source: New Chongqing - Chongqing Daily