长沙经贸代表团前往阿联酋推介工程机械

An economic and trade delegation from Changsha City paid a visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on July 1, in a bid to enhance exchanges and attract investment. During the visit, the delegation, led by Xiao Zhengbo, member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Changsha Municipal Committee, attended the China (Hunan) Construction Machinery Industry Economic and Trade Cooperation Promotion Conference.

7月1日，市委常委肖正波率长沙经贸代表团前往阿联酋交流推介，并出席中国（湖南）工程机械产业经贸合作推介会。

This promotion conference aimed to promote Changsha's high-level opening-up, deeply integrate into the Belt and Road construction, and deepen economic and trade cooperation and exchanges with Middle Eastern countries in the field of construction machinery. 

本次推介会旨在推动长沙高水平对外开放，深度融入共建“一带一路”，深化与中东国家在工程机械领域经贸合作交流。

At the conference, a spokesperson for the Management Committee of the Hunan Pilot Free Trade Zone Changsha Area made a presentation promoting the Changsha Area and the Hunan-Hainan Advanced Manufacturing Industrial Park. Representatives from the Hunan Zoomlion International Trade Co., Ltd. and other enterprises delivered speeches. 

会上，湖南自贸区长沙片区管委会作长沙片区和湘琼先进制造业共建产业园推介。中联重科海外公司、大起重综合运输有限公司等企业负责人发言。

The Sino-Hunan International Engineering and Development Co., Ltd. (SHICO) UAE Branch signed contracts with the BIC Contracting LLC and the CNTC Royal Construction LLC on site. Hunan Zoomlion International Trade Co., Ltd. and Changsha International Trade Group Co., Ltd. inked deals with the ALEC Engineering & Contracting LLC and Ajman China Mall respectively. The total contract value reached 300 million yuan and the amount of investment in the UAE exceeded 100 million yuan.

中湘海外阿联酋分公司与BIC承包有限公司和CNTC皇家建设有限公司、中联重科海外公司和ALEC工程与承包有限公司、长沙国贸集团有限公司与阿治曼中国城现场签约，签约金额3亿元、对阿联酋投资金额超1亿元。

In recent years, a Changsha city theme day event was launched during the Expo Dubai. Additionally, 140 units of Sany equipment were transported to countries along the Belt and Road through Dubai's Jebel Ali Port.

近年来，迪拜世博会开设长沙城市主题日活动；140台三一装备通过阿联酋迪拜阿里港走向“一带一路”沿线国家。

Xiao Zhengbo said that Changsha and the UAE have enjoyed a time-honored friendship, rich and diverse people-to-people exchanges, and increasingly close economic and trade interactions. Both sides will benefit from the promotion conference as there are broad prospects for bilateral cooperation. Changsha will continue to strengthen exchanges and cooperation with the UAE in high-end manufacturing, financial investment, scientific and technological innovation, infrastructure and other fields, elevating China-UAE economic and trade cooperation to a new level, and contributing strength to the development of the Belt and Road Initiative.

肖正波表示，长沙和阿联酋缘分源远流长、人文交流丰富多彩、经贸往来日益密切。本次推介会惠及双方，合作前景广阔。长沙将持续加强与阿方在高端制造、金融投资、科技创新、基础设施等多领域的交流与合作，推动中阿经贸合作再上新台阶，为共建“一带一路”倡议贡献长沙力量。