Invited by Dr. Mohammed Khalil, President of the Morocco China Friendship and Exchanges Association, Mr. Hu Jianhuai, Inspector of Department of Asian & African Affairs of the CPAFFC led a 2-member working group to visit Morocco from May 24th to 28th ,2015. The group attended the economic and trade seminar with the theme of “Promoting Chinese Investment in Morocco” which was organized by the Morocco China Friendship and Exchanges Association, the Moroccan Ministry of Industry and the Morocco Investment Development Agency. A 10-member delegation led by Mr. Tan Zhigui, Director General of Shaoxing Municipal People''s Congress and President of Shaoxing Municipal People''s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries and more than 10 entrepreneurs from Shanghai, Shandong and Hunan Province were also present at the seminar.
Mr. Hamid Ben Elafdil, CEO of Moroccan Investment Development Agency pointed out at the seminar that Morocco''s unique geographical location and a number of free trade agreements signed with the United States and Europe have made Morocco a country of strong investment potential. He welcomed Chinese enterprises to invest in Morocco.
In his speech, Mr. Sun Shuzhong, the Chinese Ambassador to Morocco introduced about the situation and the investment environment in Morocco, ways to avoid investment risks for the Chinese companies and the relationship between China and Morocco.
Mr. Hu Jianhuai thanked Moroccan side for holding the seminar on behalf of the CPAFFC and the China Arab friendship Association and welcomed Morocco to participate in the strategic concept construction of "the Road and Belt Initiatives ".
Dr. Mohammed Khalil welcomed the Chinese delegation to attend the meeting. He said that the association will continue to promote bilateral economic and trade, culture, tourism, arts, sports and other areas of friendly exchanges, hoping to achieve win-win progress through bilateral exchanges.
After the seminar, the Moroccan side made arrangements for the participants to visit technology cities, the FTA and other facilities in Rabat, Tangier and Casablanca. The Chinese and Moroccan entrepreneurs and leaders from relevant institutions discussed about cooperation in bilateral trade and investment. The delegation from Shaoxing City expressed the willingness in searching for a friendship city in Morocco.
