China-Africa Construction Machinery Cooperation and Development Forum was held in New Beijing

International Exhibition Center successfully on 22^nd Sep, 2017. As one of the important international

forums during BICES 2017, it is aimed to establish a bridge for China-Africa Cooperation relying on

BICES 2017.

The Forum was presided over by Mr. Zhou Weidong, Deputy Chairman of China Council for the

Promotion of International Trade Machinery Sub-council. Representatives and ambassadors of

embassies of Republic of Angola, the Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, the Islamic Republic of

Gambia, the Republic of Ghana, the Republic of Guinea, the Republic of Kenya, Libya, the Republic of

Mozambique, the Republic of Namibia, the Republic of Senegal, the Republic of South Africa, the

Republic of the Sudan, and the Republic of Zambia presented at the meeting.  Vice President of Sany

Heavy Industry and Director of International Headquarters, and Mr.Wang Xiaohui, President Assistant

of SDLG and General Manager of Import & Export Company made speeches on the Forum.

Meanwhile, hundreds of representatives from well-known Chinese construction machinery enterprises

like SANY, LINGONG, XCMG, SINOMACH, LIUGONG,SHANTUI, XUANGONG, DADI

MACHINERY, TONGLI, DEGONG, LISHIDE, TIAN SHUI FENG DONG, SICOMA, SUI ZHOU

specialized vehicle pavilion attending BICES 2017 were also present.

CCMA President Qi Jun addressed the Forum, introduced the development of the friendship between

China and Africa, cooperation on construction machinery businesses between China and Africa

countries, as well as the new technologies, products and achievements presented at BICES 2017 on the

theme of “Inheriting the China-Africa Friendship, and Making Joint Efforts for Bright Future”. He

hoped that China and Africa could establish closer cooperation in the field of construction machinery,

and could extend and comprehensively improve the all-round cooperation via the Forum.

CCMA invited all the envoys to visit BICES 2017. The guests mainly visited the Phase-IV Emission

Exhibition Area, booths of such exhibitors as CRCHI, SHANTUI, XCMG, SANY, HELI, SDLG,

LIUGONG, SUNWARD and TONGLY, exhibition areas for enterprises from Xuanhua and Suizhou, as

well as the featured exhibition areas. The envoys showed great interests in the new construction

machinery products and technologies exhibited,They hoped that BICES could accelerate the leapfrog

development of the trades between China and African countries.