Hosted by the Ministry of Commerce of the people's Republic of China and the people's Government of Hunan Province, China Africa economic and Trade Expo is the only economic and trade cooperation platform under the mechanism of China Africa Cooperation Forum. The first China Africa economic and Trade Expo was held in Changsha, Hunan Province from June 27 to 29, 2019.

With the theme of "win-win cooperation and pragmatic promotion of China Africa economic and trade relations", this Expo focuses on key areas such as trade promotion, investment promotion, agricultural technology, energy and power, cooperation parks, infrastructure and financing cooperation. A total of 53 African countries and international organizations such as UNIDO, WFP, WTO and the African Union attended the meeting.

With the theme of "win-win cooperation and pragmatic promotion of China Africa economic and trade relations", this Expo focuses on key areas such as trade promotion, investment promotion, agricultural technology, energy and power, cooperation parks, infrastructure and financing cooperation. A total of 53 African countries and international organizations such as UNIDO, WFP, WTO and the African Union attended the meeting.

During the Expo, Wang Zhaogang, member of the Standing Committee and deputy head of Wendeng District Committee; Liu Xinwei, director of the Management Committee of Wendeng Economic Development Zone; Lian Liquan, director of the Investment Promotion Bureau of Wendeng District; Yu Yongjun, director of the Commerce Bureau of Wendeng economic development zone and other leaders, accompanied by Ms. Wang Xiangyun, visited the national booth of Tanzania and introduced the general situation of the East African business logistics center project. As the highlight of this Expo.

In addition, under the facilitation and arrangement of linghang group, two letters of intent for cooperation were signed on the opening day of the Expo. After the signing ceremony, Wang Xiangyun, chairman of linghang group; Wang Xiangyu, general manager; leaders of Wendeng District; Mr.Paramagamba Kabudi, Minister of foreign affairs of Tanzania; Mr. Mbelwa Kairuki, ambassador extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Tanzania to China; Mr. Josef hassanga, Minister of agriculture of Tanzania; Mr. Sharif Ali Sharif, director of investment promotion and development of Zanzibar investment promotion agency and other senior officials of the Tanzanian government held a meeting. The leaders of Wendeng District introduced the basic situation and economic development of Wendeng district to the other party, and expressed their desire to strengthen cooperation and exchanges with Tanzania and jointly promote China Tanzania economic and trade cooperation. Tanzanian officials spoke highly of this and said that enterprises in Wendeng district are welcome to invest in Tanzania at any time and are willing to provide various policy support for investment in Tanzania; The foreign minister of Tanzania and the director of investment promotion and development of Zanzibar Investment Promotion Bureau also specially thanked the leaders of Wendeng district for their support to Tanzania's economic development and their efforts to promote all aspects of work, and thanked linghang group for its contribution to Tanzania's local economic and trade development and employment, as well as all the preparatory work and arrangements provided for this event.

The successful holding of this Expo has opened up a new era of China Africa exchanges and opened up a new situation for the development of China Africa cooperation. Linghang group will also take advantage of the opportunity of this conference to continue to promote Africa, develop Africa and jointly build Africa, and make its own contribution to the realization of "win-win cooperation and pragmatic promotion of China Africa economic and trade relations".