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Zhejiang Yiwu, known as the "world supermarket", is the world's largest small commodity distribution center, with more than 15,000 foreign merchants from more than 100 countries and regions resident in Yiwu. They work hard here and bring Chinese goods to the world. Today, let's learn about the entrepreneurial story of an entrepreneur from Niger, an African country.
Ding En, a trader from Niger, Africa, this year is his 13th year of entrepreneurship in Yiwu, compared to the first time he came alone in Yiwu International Trade City to buy goods, now he has started to do foreign customers "shopping guide".
Today, Ding En can be said to be the "star boss" in the trade city, and he can meet friends and merchants he knows almost every few steps.
For more than ten years, the good local business environment in Yiwu has also helped Ding En's entrepreneurial development. The policy of facilitating the stay of foreigners, promoting the payment facilitation of overseas personnel, and improving the foreign-related government service platform have all made Ding En feel the warmth of home.
Ding En, the person in charge of a foreign trade company in Yiwu, Zhejiang: I started my business alone, but now I have more than 20 employees working for me.
Ding En said that as long as customers need it, everything can be bought in Yiwu. Now his foreign trade company, involved in the export of daily necessities, industrial products and other commodities, has expanded to 16 countries in Africa, capable of exporting more than 300 containers per year, and he is planning to arrange a larger warehouse for himself.
Ding En, head of a foreign trade company in Yiwu, Zhejiang: At the beginning of this year, there were at least 11 customers, and there were more and more customers. I used to have 100% African business, but now people in Europe are contacting me as well.
At present, Yiwu brings together more than 6,000 Africans from more than 40 countries. Ding En has also grown from a young man looking for a direction in life in the vast grasslands of Africa to the president of the Yiwu African Chamber of Commerce, leading more African partners to "chase dreams" together.
Ding En, head of a foreign trade company in Yiwu, Zhejiang: Every day, people call us to ask questions about China, such as how to make plans, how to apply for visas, how to pay, how to buy air tickets, and how to come to China to do business. I think if you choose to do business all over the world, you should choose China.
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Intern Editor: Li Cong