Guangxi-Belarus trade roundtable unlocks new cooperation chapter

The "Guangxi Embraces Five Continents (Europe Edition)" Guangxi-Belarus Economic and Trade Cooperation Roundtable was held in Nanning on March 25, hosted by China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) Guangxi Committee.

Prior to the event, Yang Yanyan, president of CCPIT Guangxi Committee, met with Halauko Kanstantsin, consul general of Belarus in Guangzhou, and representatives from the Great Stone China-Belarus Industrial Park in Minsk, Belarus, a landmark cooperation project within the Belt and Road framework.

Both sides meet prior to the event. [Photo/Guangxi Daily]

Yang noted the strong complementarity between Guangxi and Belarus in terms of resources and industrial capabilities. Yang pointed out that Belarus excels in machinery manufacturing, produces high-quality agricultural products and is known for its timber, while Guangxi stands out in the fruit and sugar industries.

She extended a sincere invitation to Belarus to organize a delegation to the 23rd China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit this year. She proposed jointly exploring the ASEAN market by leveraging the logistics advantages of the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor.

Kanstantsin highlighted Belarus as Europe's first country to support the Belt and Road Initiative, stressing the strategic significance of the China-Belarus Great Stone Industrial Park. He pledged to facilitate bilateral enterprise exchanges and organize Belarusian firms to visit Guangxi.

During the roundtable, the Belarusian delegation provided an update on the park's development. Eighteen Guangxi companies held one-on-one talks on engineering equipment, environmental tech and agricultural trade. Both sides agreed to advance project cooperation, drawing on Guangxi's role as an ASEAN gateway to expand Belarus' access to regional markets.