Xiang Wenbo was invited to attend the 2024 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation

On the morning of September 5, 2024, the 2024 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) was grandly opened at the Great Hall of the People. Chinese President Xi Jinping attended the opening ceremony and delivered a keynote speech. Xi Jinping announced that China's bilateral relations with all African countries that have diplomatic relations with China will be upgraded to the level of strategic relations, the overall positioning of China-Africa relations will be upgraded to an all-weather China-Africa community with a shared future in the new era, and the ten major partnership actions of China and Africa will be implemented to jointly promote modernization.

Xiang Wenbo, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of Sany Group and Chairman of Sany Heavy Industry, was invited to attend the opening ceremony of the summit.

On the eve of the opening of the summit, Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his entourage visited Changsha and came to the No. 18 Lighthouse Factory of Sany Group. Xiang Wenbo warmly received President Mnangagwa and his delegation.

As a leading brand of construction machinery in China, Sany has a deep relationship with Africa. Africa is the blessed land of Sany, but also the starting point of Sany's globalization, in 2002, the first batch of hydraulic graders exported by Sany was sold to Morocco in Africa. In the blink of an eye, Sany and Africa have been walking hand in hand for 22 years. After entering the African market, Sany Equipment has participated in the construction of almost all major projects in Africa, and has actively participated in the upsurge of "building a beautiful new Africa". In Kenya, 120 sets of Sany equipment perfectly participated in the construction of the first overseas all-China standard railway, the Mombasa-Nairobi Railway, and as of the completion of the main construction of the project, there was not a single shutdown failure; In the Algerian Grand Mosque, the tallest building in Africa, Sany pumping equipment has set many records for the largest single volume of concrete pouring and the best floor temperature control in Africa. In the major mines in Zimbabwe, the attendance rate of Sany equipment is higher than 95%, and the service parts are guaranteed in a timely manner, which is widely praised by customers......

At present, in African countries, Sany's main products include concrete machinery, excavation machinery, lifting machinery, road machinery, energy machinery,Port machineryAmong them, concrete machinery is the first brand in the African market, and excavation machinery, lifting machinery, port mobile machinery, etc. are the first brands made in China.

Up to now, Sany has achieved a cumulative sales revenue of more than 20 billion yuan and more than 23,000 equipment in Africa, ranking first in the export of products of Chinese construction machinery enterprises to Africa. At present, Sany has 15 subsidiaries in Africa, permanent branches in more than 30 African countries, a staff localization rate of more than 50%, 13 high-quality agents, and equipment in more than 50 countries and regions in Africa.

Looking forward to the future, Sany Group will further increase the development of the African market, and continue to deepen all-round cooperation with African partners in the fields of intelligent manufacturing, infrastructure construction, new energy, etc., so as to create greater value for customers and make greater contributions to promoting Africa's industrialization and modernization.

Comprehensive: CCTV News, Hunan Daily report