Mohamed Menfi, President of the Libyan Presidency Council, arrived in Beijing on Tuesday noon to attend the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), which is set to start on Wednesday.
Menfi's plane landed in the Chinese capital at 12:13 local time.
Located in northern Africa, Libya borders the Mediterranean to the north and has a coastline stretching over 1,900 kilometers.
Libya joined the FOCAC in 2000 when the forum was launched. It is also a member of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum (CASCF). In July 2018, China and Libya signed a Memorandum of Understanding on jointly building the Belt and Road during the eighth ministerial meeting of the CASCF held in Beijing.
The 2024 FOCAC summit will be held in Beijing from Wednesday to Friday under the theme "Joining Hands to Advance Modernization and Build a High-Level China-Africa Community with a Shared Future."
President Xi Jinping will deliver a keynote speech at the summit's opening ceremony on Thursday.
Libya's Presidential Council president arrives in Beijing
Libya's Presidential Council president arrives in Beijing
More than 30,000 exhibitors are displaying 1.15 million new products at the ongoing 136th China Import and Export Fair, also known as the Canton Fair, dazzling global buyers with high-tech innovations.
Themed "Serving high-quality development, promoting high-level opening-up," the 136th Canton Fair kicked off at the Guangzhou International Convention and Exhibition Center in Guangzhou, capital city of south China's Guangdong Province, on Tuesday.
At the section of consumer electronics and information products, an earphone product of a local brand caught the eyes of a foreign buyer.
"It has sound quality, very clear sound. At the highest level of the volume, you still hear very clear sound," said a foreign buyer.
"On this Canton Fair platform, we constantly welcome new customers and have seen an increasing number of companies bringing their latest technologies to the fair, so we are all building up strength to have flagship products to present at the Canton Fair," said Zheng Shu, sales director of Guangzhou Havit Technology Company.
The most popular exhibits among the buyers are artificial intelligence (AI) products and technologies.
Gao Zhenfei, general manager of a local technology company, has found the booth of his company often crowded with buyers to check out the AI recognition cameras on display.
"If children are eating something by mistake or holding something sharp, the camera will automatically alarm, so that the parents can take care of it," Gao said.
In addition to staging technological innovations, the Canton Fair has also been serving as an important platform for Chinese cities to display trade and investment opportunities.
During this year's Canton Fair, Xi'an City of northwest China's Shaanxi Province is holding a promotion conference on foreign trade, China-Europe freight train, Air Silk Road, cultural innovation and tourism at the Pazhou Complex of the exhibition center, with record 42 companies setting up a record high number of booths at the event.
"I have participated in the Canton Fair for 21 years. It has brought us many long-term orders. About 40 percent of our orders are from the Canton Fair, gradually progressing through the order-following and the signing of agreements," said Yang Hancheng, general manager of Shaanxi Succeed Trading Company.
Over 1 mln new products enchant global buyers at 136th Canton Fair
