In April this year, "To break out of the fog and move towards the bright future, the most powerful force is to work together, and the most effective way is to work together. Difficulties and challenges further tell us that mankind is a community of shared destiny. Countries should follow the trend of peace, development, cooperation and win-win results, and work together to meet challenges and create the future in the right direction of building a community of shared destiny for mankind." Since the outbreak of the new crown disease for more than two years, the global economic pattern has been greatly affected, international economic and trade exchanges are facing great challenges, and Global trade urgently needs to recover. In this special period, all countries should work together to build a new type of international relations featuring mutual respect, fairness, justice and win-win cooperation, create a communication and exchange platform, provide more trade cooperation opportunities and jointly promote trade recovery. Discuss international trade and explore local business opportunities On June 17, the Ibero American entrepreneurs' Forum was successfully held in Huayuan Hotel, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou. Paul penaherrera, commercial counselor of the Consulate General of Ecuador in Guangzhou, marioferreira, vice commercial consul of the Consulate General of Portugal in Guangzhou, Santiago lecaros, commercial consul of the Consulate General of Chile in Guangzhou, as well as high-level officials from all walks of life from chambers of Commerce, investment institutions, multinational enterprises and other countries attended the event. (group photo of the guests of the Ibero American entrepreneur forum) The event kicked off in the preface of Mr. wangzhongzheng, founder of the MiNDFOOD club. In the first half of the event, Mr. Paul Peng, Mr. Mario Ferreira and Mr. Santiago, together with Mr. Wang Zhongzheng, shared the development opportunities and important policies of international enterprises in Ecuador, Portugal, Chile and other countries in China. From a strategic perspective, they shared with a group of entrepreneurs how to explore business opportunities in China and promote international investment cooperation and exchanges. (pengpaolo, commercial counselor of the Consulate General of Ecuador in Guangzhou (second from the left), Mario Ferreira, vice commercial consul of the Consulate General of Portugal in Guangzhou (second from the right), Santiago, commercial consul of the Consulate General of Chile in Guangzhou (first from the right), and Mr. wangzhongzheng, founder of the MiNDFOOD Club (first from the left)) In the second half of the event, senior executives of the well-known international enterprises Columbia corona Co., Ltd., aiboxin spices (China) Co., Ltd. and aobai International Freight Co., Ltd. held a round table meeting with Mr. Wang Zhongzheng. From the perspective of specific industries such as manufacturing, logistics and procurement, they shared their personal practical experience and enterprise classic cases, and jointly discussed the new path of transnational trade in the post epidemic era and the new way for enterprises to land in China. (Mr. wangzhongzheng (first from the left), founder of the MiNDFOOD club, Tony Xu (second from the left), general manager of aiboxin spices (China) Co., Ltd., Laura Silva (second from the right), business development manager of Aobo International Freight Co., Ltd., and Juan Felipe Sandoval (first from the right), head of Guangzhou Representative Office of Columbia corona Co., Ltd.) In the interactive exchange segment, the news agency exclusively interviewed pengpaolo, commercial counselor of the Consulate General of Ecuador in Guangzhou, Mario Ferreira, vice commercial consul of the Consulate General of Portugal in Guangzhou, and Wang Zhongzheng, founder of the MiNDFOOD club. On economic and trade exchanges between China, Ecuador and Portugal In February this year, China and Ecuador officially launched negotiations on a free trade agreement. Ecuador is expected to become the fourth Latin American country to sign a free trade agreement with China. The economic and trade relations between China and Ecuador have become closer and closer in recent years. Ecuador has many world-famous export products, such as bananas, cocoa beans, coffee, flowers and so on. Paul Peng told the news agency, "Ecuador's main export products are white shrimp, of which 50% are sold to China. In addition, Cavendish banana, balsa wood, flowers and immortalized flowers, and coffee are important export products." He said that after signing the free trade agreement with China, Ecuador will expand its product supply to the Chinese market. (exclusive interview with the news agency with pengpaolo, commercial counselor of the Ecuadorian Consulate General in Guangzhou) Pengpaolo, who has been engaged in diplomatic work in Guangzhou for more than 10 years, said, "we have made the Chinese people more aware of Ecuador and its products, built a bridge between the two countries, and increased Ecuador's export volume and products to the Chinese market. In addition to white shrimp, we are exporting more coffee, cocoa beans and semi-finished cocoa products. Now China is one of the most important export markets of Ecuador." Portugal and China have had friendly trade relations for more than 500 years. In June this year, the China Portugal international trade and investment cooperation center was officially launched in Guangzhou. Referring to this, Mr. Mario stressed that "we are very interested in the Chinese market. Portugal's annual import and export to China are growing." In terms of mechanical equipment and software services, "many Chinese experts and scholars hope to cooperate with Portugal because we have professional knowledge and technology." Regarding the most popular Portuguese products in the Chinese market, Mr. Mario said that in the consumer market, food and beverage industries such as wine have developed well, but at the B2B level, such as semiconductor and mold industries, the two countries have also conducted a lot of cooperation, "We are selling some parts to China, and we will ship them to Portugal and the EU after the assembly here. There are also Chinese enterprises investing in the assembly of some Chinese products, which will be sold to the European market after the production in Portugal." Since the establishment of the Portuguese Consulate General in Guangzhou in 2018, one of the priorities of its work has been the economic and trade field. At present, the opportunities in the Great Bay area of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao are even more important. Mr. Mario said, "we help Portuguese enterprises to come to China, not only to help them export, but also to make use of the advantages brought by the great gulf project to Portugal for investment." (exclusive interview with Mario Ferreira, vice commercial consul of the Portuguese Consulate General in Guangzhou) About the epidemic era and future cooperation International trade is facing great challenges. Paul Peng said that logistics is a challenge all over the world because of the lack of space for containers and ships, and the export volume of goods is decreasing. In addition, epidemic prevention inspection has also delayed the export of some products. "These are the problems we must deal with. And we are supporting Ecuador's exporters to try to solve them in the fastest way." With the recovery of Global trade, China, Ecuador, Portugal and other countries are also making new attempts. In addition to traditional trade methods, emerging channels such as cross-border e-commerce are also forming a trend. For future cooperation, Paul Peng said that in order to better reach Chinese consumers, Ecuador is trying to establish partnership with some cross-border e-commerce platforms, and also encourages more Ecuadorian enterprises to enter into e-commerce platforms in China. They are also negotiating cooperation with Alibaba, JD and other platforms. He also believes that the use of social media is playing an increasingly important role in international trade. "Platforms such as Taobao, Weibo, wechat, Tiktok and xiaohongshu are popular, so we suggest that all enterprises that want to enter the Chinese market should enter these platforms." (exchange site of the conference) (field tasting of Spanish ham) Mario believes that we should not only focus on a specific industry. Many Chinese companies invest in Portugal because it is a "door" to enter the European market, as well as the Latin American and African markets. "We have maintained friendly relations with China, and we have also had a lot of cooperation in the past. During the special period of crisis caused by the epidemic, China has provided assistance to Portugal in many fields, such as energy, banking, health, insurance, education, etc." Mr. Mario believes that the business and trade exchanges between the two countries are based on the friendship between the two countries, "We welcome Chinese enterprises to invest in Portugal. I think we are a good bridge to another market and a safe port for Chinese enterprises to invest." Referring to the challenges faced since the COVID-19, Wang zhongregular said that from the perspective of international exchange activities, the epidemic has always brought many unstable factors to them, "like today, this event has also been postponed. But our first reaction is to immediately arrange matters after the event has been postponed." (exclusive interview with the news agency with wangzhongzheng, founder of the MiNDFOOD Club) "In fact, at the beginning, it was purely for love. We set sail in a small place. At that time, there were only ten people. Later, it gradually developed into a scale of 100 and 150 people." When talking about the original intention of the event, Mr. wangzhongzheng said frankly with a smile, "these entrepreneurs have very rich experience in the Chinese market. If they do not share these insights, it will be a huge" waste ". I realize the great value in it, so now it's more like a commitment to helping others than my original hobby. " Mr. wangzhongzheng said that in the future, more similar activities will be planned to be held so that everyone can get help both at the internal level of the enterprise and at the level of international business exchanges. When talking about the future development opportunities of China and Ibero American countries, Wang Zhongzheng believed that there would be a lot of room for cooperation, but the current market is still in the primary stage of lacking a mature system. At present, many enterprises only focus on the B2B level, but once consumers really understand the products, they will burst out with great potential, "In the past, it was more about buying products, but now Chinese enterprises are going to these countries for investment, such as acquiring and merging these companies. So I think there will be a trend in the future. Chinese investors will go directly to the origin of these products to find the best trade opportunities." (exchange site of the conference) (Xinhua News Agency)