On the afternoon of 20 May, Yuan Jiajun, Secretary of the Chongqing Municipal Committee of the CPC; Wang Jiong, Chairman of the Chongqing Municipal People’s Congress Standing Committee; and Cheng Lihua, Chairperson of the Chongqing Municipal Committee of the CPPCC, received distinguished guests attending the 8th Western China International Fair for Investment and Trade (WCIFIT) and joined them in touring the exhibition. Huang Xiangmo, Chairman of Yuhu Group Hong Kong, attended the reception and gave remarks.
▲ Chongqing Municipal CPC Secretary Yuan Jiajun, Municipal NPC Standing Committee Chairman Wang Jiong, and Municipal CPPCC Chairperson Cheng Lihua receive distinguished guests at the 8th WCIFIT. (Photo credit: Chongqing Daily)
On behalf of the Chongqing Municipal Committee and Municipal Government, Yuan Jiajun extended a warm welcome to the guests and thanked them for their strong support of WCIFIT and Chongqing’s development. He noted that Chongqing is located in western China, at the intersection of major national strategies, with a rich historical and cultural heritage, a solid industrial base, and characteristics befitting both a “smart city” and a “green city,” with ample room for future growth. The municipality is working to accelerate the development of a logistics hub economic zone; to build a comprehensive, modern multimodal transport distribution system and an integrated international opening-up service system; to continuously elevate the capacity of its open platforms; and to build a world-class business environment — with the ambition of becoming the engine of high-quality development in western China. He expressed hope that attendees would seize the opportunity presented by WCIFIT to deepen communication and cooperation with Chongqing, jointly chart a new blueprint for collaboration, cultivate fresh momentum for industrial upgrading, open new tracks for innovation-driven development, and expand new space for open cooperation — all in pursuit of high-level, mutually beneficial outcomes.
Peter Burnett OBE BBS, Chief Executive of the China-Britain Business Council (CBBC); Zhou Jie, General Manager of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC); Zhao Lun, Global Vice President of GSK; Huang Xiangmo, Chairman of Yuhu Group Hong Kong; and Seth Twum-Akwaboah, CEO of the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI), gave remarks on behalf of the guests. They expressed appreciation for Chongqing’s warm hospitality and well-organised arrangements, and observed that Chongqing is a major hub for China’s inland opening-up, with outstanding geographic advantages, a well-developed industrial system, convenient transportation, a superior business environment, and vibrant economic and social development — all of which offer tremendous opportunities for domestic and international enterprises to strengthen economic, trade, and industrial cooperation. They expressed their desire to deepen communication with all parties at the fair, expand the scope of cooperation, and drive mutually beneficial partnerships to new levels and new results.
▲ Huang Xiangmo, Chairman of Yuhu Group Hong Kong (second from left), at the reception, where he gave remarks.
In his remarks, Huang Xiangmo noted that Chongqing is China’s first city to consolidate all five types of national logistics hubs, carrying a core mission to “connect the Eurasian economic corridors,” and possessing the unique geographic strengths of “bridging east and west, anchoring north and south, and linking rivers to the sea.” Yuhu Group Hong Kong is a diversified multinational investment group with a 26-year history. Since launching the Yuhu Cold Chain Greater China Strategy in 2020, the Group has developed and put into operation ten digital and intelligent cold chain trading centres across China, providing safer, higher-quality food assurance for 800 million people. As a representative of “New Hong Kong Capital” enterprises, Yuhu Group is proactively integrating into the national grand strategy and deeply aligned with the Western Land-Sea New Corridor as Chongqing’s “core competitive edge” and strategic pivot.
▲ On the morning of 21 May, Huang Xiangmo, Chairman of Yuhu Group Hong Kong, attended the opening ceremony of the 8th Western China International Fair for Investment and Trade.
Building on Chongqing’s hub advantages, Yuhu Cold Chain will partner with the city to develop an “international-level cold chain hub city” that radiates across western China, serves the nation, and connects to the world — creating a “Channel + Trade + Industry” model to drive the dual domestic-international circulation of cold chain food ingredients. By integrating its digital and intelligent capabilities into Chongqing’s “Corridor Intelligence Platform,” and combining its online trading and offline fulfilment model with corridor policies, Yuhu Cold Chain will build an “AI + comprehensive scenarios” framework — enabling full-factor, full-process, full-scenario coordination and enhancing the smart, integrated, accessible, and efficient capabilities of the international cold chain food ingredients sector. At the same time, centred on Chongqing’s “33618” modern manufacturing industry cluster, Yuhu Cold Chain will leverage its high-efficiency, stable, and fully traceable cold chain supply chain to support the food and agricultural products processing industry in transitioning from “scale expansion” to “brand development and premiumisation.”
The meeting was also attended by ambassadors and consuls-general stationed in Chongqing; relevant officials from provincial and municipal governments and central ministries; heads of central enterprises, local state-owned enterprises, and private enterprises; executives from Fortune 500 and other multinational companies; heads of domestic and international chambers of commerce, international organisations, and institutions; as well as experts and scholars; together with relevant Chongqing municipal leaders and department heads.
