Text/Yangcheng Evening News all-media reporter Sun Qiman
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"Guangzhou is a transportation hub in southern China, and with the opening and operation of the China-Laos Railway, Laos' high-quality agricultural products will be able to enter China and enter Guangzhou." At the same time, Guangzhou has an inclusive urban temperament, and the market acceptance is higher when introducing new products, and it can also be supported by a strong consumer market. At the "Celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between China and Laos - The Opening of the China-Laos Railway" and the Laos Coffee Culture Exchange Event held on November 5, Cai Shuqiang, executive vice president of the Guangzhou Coffee Industry Association and chairman of Guangzhou Jinda Coffee and Beverage City, said.
This year marks the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Laos, as well as the year of Friendship between China and Laos. In order to strengthen the traditional friendly relations and comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership with Laos, while contributing to the implementation of the China-Laos Community of Common Destiny, it is also to display Lao culture, tourism information and help Lao products enter the Chinese market.
With the strong support of the Lao Embassy in China and the Consulate General of Laos in Guangzhou, the "Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between China and Laos - Opening of the China-Laos Railway" and the Laos Coffee Culture Exchange Activity, sponsored by the Guangzhou Coffee Industry Association and jointly undertaken by Guangzhou Kingdom Coffee Beverage City, Xixiang Yulong (China) Trading Co., Ltd. and Guangzhou Huafu Trade Co., Ltd., were held in Jinda Coffee and Beverage City on November 5.
Build a window Laos specialty coffee first into China
Kanpao Ntawan, Ambassador of the Lao People's Democratic Republic to China, said in his speech that 2021 is the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Laos and China, and the two sides have achieved fruitful results in cooperation in the field of economy, trade and investment, and China has become the largest foreign investor and the second largest trading partner of Laos.
According to Cai Shuqiang, Laos is an important neighbor of China, an important country along the "Belt and Road", and one of the ASEAN members. Benefiting from the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area Agreement and related agreements, many Laos products enter China with zero tariffs.
"China's annual demand for coffee beans exceeds 300,000 tons, and the future demand is even greater, while China's current output is only 130,000 tons, and it can only rely on imports to fill the gap in the market." Countries such as Laos in Southeast Asia are very suitable for growing coffee beans, and they are very competitive in terms of planting, transportation costs and tariffs. We welcome Laos' coffee, tea and other high-quality agricultural products into the Chinese market, and build a brand of Laos' high-quality agricultural products. Cai Shuqiang said that he is currently preparing to hold the "World Coffee Summit Forum" in Guangzhou, aiming to promote the high-quality development of the coffee industry and create a new business card for Guangzhou's international consumption center city.
"This time Laos Lucky Coffee, Route 9 Coffee, Highway 13 Coffee, Lucky Tea, Xixiang Fruit Coffee, Lancang Special Drink, Lao Ancient Tree Tea Special Drink, are all entering China for the first time." Li Sidao, chairman of Xixiang Yulong (China) Trading Co., Ltd., who has long been engaged in Sino-Laotian economic and trade cultural exchanges, said that in the longitude and latitude of the world coffee belt, the Laos Polofen Plateau is the closest to the terrain of jamaica's Blue Mountains, and the unique volcanic ash soil and excellent varieties, the combination of traditional craftsmanship and modern technology, has created the quality of Laos Polofen coffee, which is a coffee treasure that has not yet been discovered by the world.
"Choosing Guangzhou Kingdom Coffee Beverage City as the first stop to promote Laos' advantageous products and culture in China, on the one hand, is to hope to take advantage of the status of Guangzhou as an international metropolis and the radiation of the international consumption center city, on the other hand, to use the powerful coffee and tea industry chain platform of Kingdom Coffee Beverage City to quickly promote Laos's coffee and tea and other specialty products to all of China and even the world." Li Sidao said.
Help consumption to create a new industrial chain with complementary advantages between China and the old
According to the staff, Guangdong, as one of the two major consumer markets for domestic coffee, has great potential for future market growth. According to statistics, by October 2021, There are no less than 4213 coffee stores in Guangzhou, and from a nationwide perspective, Guangzhou can rank in the top three in terms of the total number of coffee stores or the number per capita, which is enough to prove that Guangzhou is an important coffee consumption town, and the coffee industry in Guangzhou has a rapid momentum of development.
China and Laos are both members of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), and the signing of the RCEP is an important step for regional countries to safeguard the multilateral trading system and build an open world economy with practical actions, and is of landmark significance for deepening regional economic integration and stabilizing the global economy. The signing of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) has brought renewed attention to economic and trade opportunities in the region and diversified the supply chains of regional countries. Through the rcep gate, Laos will meet the various opportunities brought by the multilateral trading system, which will help China and Laos to work together to create a new industrial chain with complementary advantages.
The relevant person in charge of the Guangzhou Municipal Bureau of Commerce said that in the near future, Guangzhou has become one of the five major cities that have taken the lead in carrying out the cultivation and construction of international consumption center cities. Next, Guangzhou will lead the cultivation and construction of international consumption centers with new development concepts, based on giving full play to the advantages of strong industries and consumption capacity in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, seizing major opportunities such as the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, jointly building the "Belt and Road", and the RCEP mechanism, forming Guangzhou's unique target positioning. Strive to give full play to Guangzhou's advantages such as sound industrial chain and rich professional wholesale market to enhance Guangzhou's consumption competitiveness. Support the holding of various characteristic economic and trade exchange activities, introduce foreign famous and excellent commodities into Guangzhou to radiate the whole country, and at the same time continue to strengthen close exchanges and cooperation in many aspects, empower industry business associations and enterprises, and promote the innovative development of new consumption, new formats and new models.
In this regard, Cai Shuqiang said that Guangzhou Kingdom Coffee and Beverage City will also continue to build a bridge between the world's coffee producing countries and China's coffee consumption market, lay out the coffee bean trade hub in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, promote the aggregation effect of the world coffee and tea industry, and create a new business card for Guangzhou's international consumption center city. (For more news, please pay attention to Yangcheng Pie pai.ycwb.com)
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