STORY: Kenya hosts China-Africa economic trade expo amid growing Sino-African ties
SHOOTING TIME: May 9, 2024
DATELINE: May 10, 2024
LENGTH: 00:02:28
LOCATION: Nairobi
CATEGORY: ECONOMY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the expo
2. various of delegations
3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): JIANG QINGBIN, Vice president of Sany Group and Chairman of Sany Africa
4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): TITO MUTAI, Businessman, Kenya
5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): FREDRICK MUKILYA, Official, Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry
6. various of the expo

STORYLINE:

The China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo (CAETE) in Africa (Kenya) 2024 kicked off on Thursday in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi as trade and investment between the two sides continue to expand.
   
The three-day event in Kenya attracted a high-level delegation from central China's Hunan Province.
   
SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): JIANG QINGBIN, Vice president of Sany Group and Chairman of Sany Africa
"The China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo is very meaningful for Chinese enterprises to better understand the business opportunities in Africa, and for African enterprises to better understand our Chinese enterprises. I sincerely wish this expo a complete success."
   
SOUNDBITE 2 (English): TITO MUTAI, Businessman, Kenya
"This exhibition is important to us and to me personally and also to Kenyans, because it stands as a milestone that will help Kenya actually improve the trade relationship and the trade capacities between Kenya and China."
   
SOUNDBITE 3 (English): FREDRICK MUKILYA, Official, Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry
"Promotion exhibition is very important for the business people in Kenyan, especially the business community, because we are going to build a lot of opportunities for them in terms of trying to link up businesses here at Kenya."

The CAETE is a follow-up action of the "eight major initiatives" at the 2018 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). Cao Zhiqiang, vice governor of China's Hunan Province, said the CAETE is a key pillar of the growing China-Africa cooperation, which has already brought mutual benefits to the two regions.

Hunan Province is committed to facilitating the entry of more African agricultural and food products into the Chinese market to boost Africa's foreign exchange earnings, he added.

According to the Hunan delegation, for five consecutive years, Hunan's import and export trade with Africa has remained the eighth largest in China and the largest in the central and western regions.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Nairobi.
(XHTV)