Gansu Province of China Seeks International Cooperation in Industrial Development

Gansu Province, located in the northwestern part of the People's Republic of China, is taking steps to strengthen its economic ties with foreign countries by hosting the "Gansu Key Industrial Chain Enterprises International Matchmaking Conference" in Beijing. The event, co-organized by the Gansu Provincial People's Government and the Gansu Provincial Council for the Promotion of International Trade, brought together 18 renowned enterprises and institutions from various sectors to discuss potential collaboration and investment opportunities.

Gansu has made significant progress in developing its industrial system, with a focus on new energy, new energy equipment manufacturing, non-ferrous metallurgy, characteristic agriculture, and traditional Chinese medicine. The province has established a comprehensive industrial chain that integrates generation, transmission, storage, use, and manufacturing of new energy and new energy equipment manufacturing. Gansu has also built a complete industrial chain with Lanzhou as the center and Jiuquan and Qingyang as the "two wings", covering exploration and development, oil refining and processing, chemical synthesis, and fine processing.

At the conference, representatives from various companies presented their industrial development strategies and proposals for international cooperation. They emphasized the potential for collaboration in new energy, petrochemicals, equipment manufacturing, characteristic agriculture, and traditional Chinese medicine. Companies such as Jinchuan Group, Fangda Carbon, and Beijing Dacheng Law Firm analyzed the development prospects of international mineral resource development and cooperation in Gansu metallurgical new materials.

Key Takeaways:

• Gansu Province has established a comprehensive industrial system integrating generation, transmission, storage, use, and manufacturing of new energy and new energy equipment manufacturing.
• The province has built a complete industrial chain with Lanzhou as the center and Jiuquan and Qingyang as the "two wings".
• Gansu has formed an equipment manufacturing industry development system focusing on petrochemicals, electrical and electrical engineering, modern agricultural machinery, mining and engineering, and high-end CNC machine tools.
• The province has focused on 14 key industrial chains, increasing international economic and trade exchanges and cooperation, promoting industrial agglomeration and development, and implementing projects with distinct diversified characteristics, achieving positive results.
• Gansu is currently carrying out a large-scale "Ganwei Chulong" campaign to improve and perfect a package of marketing layout from traditional markets, brand stores, online platforms to special events.
• Gansu attaches great importance to the development of the traditional Chinese medicine industry, coordinates the project funds and resource elements of each link of Chinese medicinal materials planting, circulation and processing.
• Gansu International Logistics Group has realized the connection of "port + platform + channel + industry" and formed a supply chain integrated service pattern with coordinated development of industrial chain and supply chain.
• Fangda Carbon has invested heavily in R&D, becoming the world's leading production and supply base for high-quality carbon products and a scientific research and production base for new graphene materials.
• Gansu enterprises have reached a consensus on photovoltaic technology cooperation with enterprises and institutions in Uzbekistan and other countries.
• Traditional Chinese medicine and biopharmaceutical companies connected with merchants from Japan, the United Kingdom, Kazakhstan, and other countries on import and export projects of medicinal materials and medical devices.

Statistics:

• Gansu has established a comprehensive industrial system integrating generation, transmission, storage, use, and manufacturing of new energy and new energy equipment manufacturing.
• The province has built a complete industrial chain with Lanzhou as the center and Jiuquan and Qingyang as the "two wings".
• The number of projects implemented in Gansu's key industrial chains has reached 14.
• The investment in R&D by Fangda Carbon has resulted in the company becoming the world's leading production and supply base for high-quality carbon products.
• The number of potential cooperation projects discussed at the conference exceeded 20 fields.

Sources:

• https://www.gansu.gov.cn/gsszf/gsyw/202507/174177045.shtml