On September 21st, China (Gannan)-Malaysian featured products and online promotion meeting of Chinese and Tibetan medicinal materials was held in the cloud. Photo courtesy of Gansu Commercial Representative Office in Malaysia
China News Service, Lanzhou, September 23 (Reporter Ding Si) Animal husbandry, mineral resources, Tibetan medicinal materials, clean energy... At the recently held China ( Gannan )— Malaysia At the Featured Products and Chinese-Tibetan Medicinal Materials Online Promotion Conference, representatives of more than 60 enterprises from Gannan, Gansu and Malaysia gathered in the "cloud" to discuss cooperation and seek common development. The two parties also signed an online contract.
This promotion meeting is hosted by Gannan Prefecture Government, and undertaken by Gannan Prefecture Bureau of Commerce and Gansu Commercial Representative Office in Malaysia.
Lim Yunliang, Consul General of Malaysia in Xi'an, said, "China has been our largest trading partner for 13 consecutive years since 2009. The two countries have established long-term cooperation in the field of traditional and complementary medicine, especially in the field of traditional medicine. , including information sharing meetings, such as workshops, seminars, etc.; training of personnel of the Ministry of Health of Malaysia in Chinese institutions or hospitals, etc.”
In July 2022, the 28th Lanzhou Fair opened in Lanzhou. Malaysia and the United Arab Emirates were invited as the guest countries of honor. (Data map) Photo by Feng Zhijun
Lin Yunliang said that traditional medicine in Malaysia is unique, originating from its diverse traditional cultures, languages and ethnic groups, and has its own unique history. Traditional medicine has always played an important role in the healthcare and well-being of Malaysians. In Malaysia, research on traditional and complementary medicine is still in its infancy. Gansu's wealth of knowledge and expertise in traditional medicine will benefit the people.
In July 2022, during the 28th Lanzhou Fair, the four key cooperation projects of China-Malaysia palm meal trade, Chinese herbal medicine, Chinese herbal medicine trade, agricultural technology and drip irrigation were signed on-site, and the contracted capital was 172 million US dollars. On July 16, Gansu Qingyang Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Malaysia Yilin Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine signed a framework agreement for the exchange and cooperation of traditional Chinese medicine.
Lim Yunliang said Malaysia would continue to explore new options and welcomed the establishment of new cooperation models between partners, such as joint research programmes and people-to-people exchanges, especially in the field of traditional Chinese medicine. Yang Wu, Governor of Gannan Prefecture, said that Gannan has historically been an important part of the ancient Silk Road and the tea-horse market in Northwest China, an important passage of the Tang-Fan Ancient Road, and has a long and splendid business travel culture. and trade history. The local area is rich in tourism, animal husbandry, minerals, Tibetan Chinese medicinal materials, clean energy and other characteristic resources, especially the Chinese and Tibetan medicinal materials are of high quality and rich in production. There are more than 620 kinds of medicinal plants, such as blindly, tanggut rhubarb, etc., with outstanding resource advantages and huge development potential.
Yang Wu said that this promotion meeting is an important way for Gannan's characteristic products and Chinese and Tibetan medicinal materials to go global, and it is also an important exploration for Gannan to integrate with international standards. It is expected that the two sides will identify the connection point of economic and trade cooperation, continue to expand the scale of exchanges and trade, promote industrial complementarity and resource sharing with Malaysia, cultivate new growth points in animal husbandry, cultural tourism, modern agriculture, etc., and open up new economic and trade exchanges between the two sides. chapter.
Zhang Yonghong, deputy director of , Gansu Provincial Department of Commerce, said that Gansu has the geographical advantage of China's opening to the west, and has a long history of economic and trade cooperation with Malaysia. In terms of trade, the total trade volume between the two sides will reach 1.06 billion yuan in 2021, a year-on-year increase of 2.1 times; in terms of investment, a group of high-tech enterprises such as Tianshui Huatian Technology and other high-tech enterprises have actually invested 390 million US dollars in Malaysia; , Lanzhou to Kuala Lumpur fixed-point direct flight, China-Laos railway international freight trains, etc. have been put into operation; in terms of cooperation and exchanges, the two sides have jointly held agricultural products online trade matchmaking conference, industry promotion and economic and trade cooperation matchmaking conference in the past two years, China-Malaysia shadow puppet cultural camp, online painting and calligraphy exhibition and other series of exchange and docking activities; Malaysia was invited to be the guest of honor during the 28th Lanzhou Fair, and the two sides have become increasingly close in economic and trade cooperation and cultural exchanges. The
promotion meeting was held by video connection, with the main venue in Gannan Prefecture, and branch venues in Malacca City, Malaysia, the Malaysian Consulate in Xi'an, the Chengdu Representative Office of the Malaysian Foreign Trade Promotion Center, the Gansu Provincial Department of Commerce, and the Gansu Provincial Government Foreign Affairs Office.
promotion meeting, Gansu Hualing Dairy Co., Ltd., and other five Gannan enterprises promoted Gannan specialty products such as Chinese and Tibetan medicinal materials, dairy products, yak meat exhibits; He made a keynote speech on exploring the Malaysian market; Gannan Baicao Biotechnology Development Co., Ltd. and other companies signed online contracts with Malaysian companies.
