China has launched the first technical trade service platform for Africa. The launch took place at the Summit on High-quality Development of Non-tariff Measures to Trade during the ongoing fifth China International Import Expo (CIIE).
The China-Africa Technical Measures to Trade Research and Evaluation Base features 139 experts in the fields of China-Africa trade and economy, international finance and taxation, testing and standardization, engineering machinery, rail transportation equipment, and agricultural food.
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The base has a digital platform that automates capturing of notifications of technical trade measures of 54 African countries to provide both intelligent support and technical trade information sharing services. The base will carry out the collection, collation and analysis of information on technical trade measures of products, report risk warning information, and inform relevant enterprises and industry associations of the latest technical trade measures in Africa, in order to provide support for the transformation and upgrading of enterprises.
“The main functions of the base include information collection, advisory services, impact surveys, and promotion of standardization,” said Yuhua administration committee of the Changsha area of the China (Hunan) Pilot Free Trade Zone.
The China International Import Expo (CIIE) has become a vital international platform of promoting trade, investment and global cooperation, and China has made important contributions to world economic recovery, foreign leaders and heads of international organizations said.
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