"African and Western Asian enterprises are welcome to use platforms such as the Canton Fair, the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road Expo, and the China Africa Economic and Trade Fair to find business opportunities and expand the export of competitive products to Guangdong. We will also promote Guangdong enterprises in cross-border e-commerce logistics, mobile payment and other fields to expand the market in Africa and Western Asia with the help of activities such as the Silk Road e-commerce, Africa Good Things Online Shopping Festival and so on." On April 16, Zhang Jinsong, Director of the Department of Commerce of Guangdong Province, said at the "New Opportunities for China Africa West Asia Economic and Trade Cooperation" forum of the second the Pearl River International Trade Forum. In recent years, China's economic and trade cooperation with West Asia in Africa has continuously made new breakthroughs. Wang Dong, Deputy Director of the West Asia and Africa Department of the Ministry of Commerce, introduced that in 2022, China's trade volume with West Asian countries in Africa reached 689.6 billion US dollars, reaching a new historical high, with a year-on-year increase of 23.8%. China has become the largest trading partner in the West Asian region of Africa; The cooperation between China and West Asia in infrastructure and regional connectivity has achieved particularly fruitful results. In 2022, Chinese enterprises signed new contracts for engineering projects in the West Asia region of Africa, with a total turnover of over $58 billion. Meanwhile, cooperation between China and West Asia in the fields of digital economy, green development, finance, aviation and aerospace is thriving, and two-way investment is becoming increasingly active. It is reported that China has become the fourth largest source of investment in Africa, and a large number of key investment projects from Arab countries have also been implemented in China. As one of the provinces with the most active economy, the highest degree of openness, and the most potential for development in China, Guangdong's economic and trade cooperation with West Asia in Africa is becoming increasingly close. Zhang Jinsong said that in 2022, Guangdong's imports and exports to Africa and West Asia reached 600 billion yuan, accounting for 24.8% of the country's total. As of February this year, more than 8600 projects have been established in Guangdong by African and Western Asian countries, with an actual foreign investment of 7.4 billion US dollars; Guangdong has established 593 non-financial enterprises in West Asia, Africa, with an actual investment of 1.34 billion US dollars. In addition, Guangdong has supported leading enterprises to accelerate their development and layout in Africa in recent years. A number of overseas economic and trade cooperation zones such as Nigeria Guangdong Economic and Trade Cooperation Zone and Sigma Industrial Park have shown good development momentum, and a group of Guangdong enterprises such as Chuanyin, Boda, and Koda Jieneng are deeply rooted in Africa. Guangdong is also accelerating the exploration of mutually beneficial cooperation with Western Asian countries in fields such as energy, technology, and industry. The Canton Fair actively promotes enterprises from African and West Asian countries to share China's development opportunities. Among the more than 180 global partners of the Fair, 25 institutions come from African and West Asian countries, accounting for nearly 15%. Each session of the Fair has more than 30000 buyers from African and West Asian countries participating offline, accounting for 16% of the total number. More than 70000 buyers from African and West Asian countries participating online, accounting for 17% of the total number. This year's pre registered buyers from African and West Asian countries accounted for 19% of the total number of buyers Wen Zhongliang, Deputy Secretary General of the Canton Fair and Deputy Director of the China Foreign Trade Center, said. Zhang Jinsong expressed that African and Western Asian enterprises are welcome to use exhibition platforms such as the Canton Fair to expand the export of advantageous products to Guangdong. At the same time, Guangdong will also promote enterprises in cross-border e-commerce logistics, mobile payments, and other fields to expand into the African West Asian market, strengthen cooperation between Guangdong and African West Asian enterprises in industrial development, technological innovation, and other fields, and achieve mutual benefit between both parties