Heavy equipment for long-distance voyage, opening up a new pattern of international economic and trade cooperation in China's construction machinery ···

Heavy equipment for long-distance voyage, opening up a new pattern of international economic and trade cooperation in China's construction machinery industry

The 3rd Hunan Equipment and Manufacturing into ASEAN Investment Expo & Southeast Asia Branch of the 2024 Changsha International Construction Machinery Exhibition

The 3rd Hunan Equipment and Manufacturing Investment Expo in ASEAN & the Southeast Asia Sub-exhibition of Changsha International Construction Machinery Exhibition 2024

Autumn has arrived, but summer is not over yet. At 10:00 a.m. on August 22, the third Hunan Equipment and Manufacturing Investment Expo in ASEAN & Southeast Asia Branch of Changsha International Construction Machinery Exhibition 2024 kicked off in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This is the second time that the Organizing Committee of Changsha International Construction Machinery Exhibition has entered Southeast Asia. Nearly one hundred well-known brands of construction machinery exhibitors from around the world such as Sany, Zoomlion, LiuGong, Hyundai, JCB, Sunward Intelligent, LongGong, Shantui, Shandong Lingong, Tongli Heavy Industry, Shandong Qiyun, Wuxin Tunneling Equipment and Hunan Youzuan made their debuts. Chinese heavy equipment is blooming on the Southeast Asian stage, fully revealing the "two-way" development of Chinese construction machinery's "going out" and the demand of the Southeast Asian market, and creating a new pattern of international economic and trade cooperation for Chinese construction machinery in the "the Belt and Road".

The Opening Ceremony of the 3rd Hunan Equipment and Manufacturing into ASEAN Investment Expo & Southeast Asia Branch of Changsha International Construction Machinery Exhibition 2024

The 3rd Hunan Equipment and Manufacturing into ASEAN Investment Expo & Southeast Asia Sub-Exhibition Tour of the 2024 Changsha International Construction Machinery Exhibition

Sun Shuqiang, MinisterCounsellor of the Chinese Embassy in Malaysia, Zhou Zhangsheng, Second Inspector of Hunan Provincial Department of Commerce, Li Xiaobin, Deputy Secretary General and Second Inspector of Changsha Municipal Government, Bian Yongming, Chairman of China Construction Machinery Society, Shi Laide, Honorary Chairman and Party Committee Secretary of China Construction Machinery Society attended the opening ceremony and delivered speeches. More than 300 representatives from industry associations, wellknown enterprises and buyers from Malaysia, the United States, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, China and other countries, including Wei Xianqin, President of the Malaysian Builders Association, Fu Fangqiao, Vice Chairman of the Malaysia "the Belt and Road" Economic Friendship Association, Qiu Guoping, Secretary General of the Malaysia "the Belt and Road" Economic Friendship Association, Li Kaien, General Manager of the American Equipment Manufacturers Association Asia, Datuk Seri Mohd. Ajib, President of the Malaysian Mining Chamber of Commerce, Lei Zhifang, President of the Malaysian Mobile Crane Owners Association, Datuk Seri Du Qingzhong, President of the Malaysian Quarry Association, Chandra Ramprakash, President of the Malaysian Contractors Association, Liang Fuyao, President of the Malaysian Heavy Construction Machinery Owners Association, Fu Guohua, Acting Chairman of the Malaysian Heavy Construction Machinery Owners Association, Lin Shiwei, President of the Malaysian Vegetable Farmers Association, and Luo Jinyi, Acting Chairman of the Malaysian Fruit Farmers Association, attended the opening ceremony and witnessed the grand occasion of the exhibition.

Sun Shuqiang, Minister-Counsellor of the Chinese Embassy in Malaysia, delivered a speech

China and Malaysia are friendly neighbors facing each other across the sea, with a long history of friendship. Sun Shuqiang, Minister-Counsellor of the Chinese Embassy in Malaysia, said at the opening ceremony that this year marks the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between China and Malaysia as well as the Year of Friendship. In the past 50 years, bilateral trade has increased nearly a thousand times; Two-way investment has grown from scratch, and the connotation of two-way investment has been continuously enriched; The two countries' economies are intertwined, with each country having a significant role in the other. They have become important partners for mutual achievements, providing support and motivation for each other's economic growth. It is hoped that at this international construction machinery exhibition, Chinese entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs from various countries present will have in-depth exchanges, gain friendship, and reach rich project agreements.

Two-way development, jointly build an international platform for economic and trade exchanges in the Southeast Asian construction machinery industry chain

The 3rd Hunan Equipment and Manufacturing Investment Expo in ASEAN & the Southeast Asia Sub-exhibition of Changsha International Construction Machinery Exhibition 2024

A grand event, crossing the ocean, is a "two-way journey" between Chinese construction machinery enterprises' going abroad and Southeast Asian market demand. The Southeast Asia branch exhibition of the Changsha International Construction Machinery Exhibition has been held for two consecutive years. Through this window of overseas branch exhibitions, the exhibition aims to take advantage of the new opportunities brought by the opening up of the RCEP region, organize Chinese construction machinery enterprises to go global through exhibitions and forums, expand the markets in Southeast Asia and the "Belt and Road", establish close collaboration channels with major construction, engineering contractors, associations, and key customers in Southeast Asia, and comprehensively enhance the internationalization and professionalization level of the Changsha International Construction Machinery Exhibition.

The 3rd Hunan Equipment and Manufacturing into ASEAN Investment Expo & Southeast Asia Branch of the 2024 Changsha International Construction Machinery Exhibition

According to the reporter's on-site understanding, the three-day exhibition covers a total area of 12,000 square meters and features five major professional exhibition areas including engineering machinery, mining machinery, construction machinery, engineering machinery accessories, and agricultural machinery. More than 100 exhibitors are present with thousands of exhibits showing their new products, technologies, and concepts for global customers, which is a majestic march of China's equipment army accelerating its expansion overseas.

Zhou Zhangsheng, the second-level inspector of Hunan Provincial Department of Commerce, made a speech

Zhou Zhangsheng, the second-level inspector of Hunan Provincial Department of Commerce, made a speech: "Hunan and Malaysia have close personal connections and industrial agreements. Taking advantage of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Malaysia, bilateral friendly exchanges continue to deepen, non-governmental exchanges continue to expand, economic and trade cooperation has achieved fruitful results. In 2023, the bilateral trade volume reached 36.5 billion yuan, and Hunan has set up 43 overseas investment enterprises in Malaysia with a total contract amount of 840 million US dollars for foreign direct investment. Especially in rail transportation, engineering machinery and infrastructure construction, Hunan and Malaysia have extensive cooperative foundation and significant complementary advantages, achieving the goal of common prosperity of industries, joint creation of science and technology, and resource sharing.".

Cooperation and Exchange, Jointly Creating a New Future for the Belt and Road Regional Development

The theme of the exhibition is "High-end, Intelligent and Green - New Generation Engineering Machinery". In order to promote in-depth exchanges and development between engineering machinery industries from both regions, a series of events will be held concurrently. These include the Southeast Asia Construction Machinery & Mining Machinery Cooperation Development Forum, an Agricultural Machinery Industry Chain Supply and Demand Matchmaking Event, an Economic and Trade Matchmaking Event for Rebuilt Secondhand Equipment of Construction Machinery, as well as an Engineering Machinery Building Equipment Heavy Equipment Technology and Business Matchmaking Event. Additionally, 15 to 20 business matchmaking sessions will be organized for Chinese and foreign investors and attractors to engage in discussions.

Group photo of representatives from Malaysian business associations

This exhibition attracted more than 60 business associations from Southeast Asia, including the Malaysian Builders Association, the Malaysia "the Belt and Road" Economic Friendship Association, the Malaysian Mining Chamber of Commerce, the Malaysian Mobile Crane Owners Association, the Malaysian Quarry Association, the Malaysian Contractors Association, the Malaysian Heavy Construction Machinery Owners Association, the Malaysian Vegetable Farmers Association, the Malaysian Fruit Farmers Association, the Penang Fruit Farmers Association, the Malaysia-China Strategic Association, the Malaysian Indian Contractors Association, the Malaysian Indigenous Contractors Association, and the Malaysian Mobile Crane Owners Association. The number of professional visitors exceeded 8,000.

Signing over 100 million contracts, playing the march of Chinese construction machinery going global

The exhibition not only showcases the new products, technologies and concepts of China's construction machinery industry to global businessmen but also meets the purchasing needs of Southeast Asian buyers for one-stop shopping in the whole industrial chain.

On-site signing ceremony

At the opening ceremony, a total of six procurement projects were signed, involving the fields of host and accessory procurement. The total amount of procurement contracts signed by Sany Heavy Industry, Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science & Technology Co., Ltd., LiuGong Group, Sunward Intelligent Equipment Co., Ltd., Jiuwu Intelligent Equipment Co., Ltd., and Shandong Qiyun was 160 million yuan.

Li Xiaobin, the second-level inspector of Changsha Municipal People's Government, delivered a speech

Li Xiaobin, a second-level inspector of the Changsha Municipal People's Government, said on behalf of the organizers at the meeting: "The Changsha International Construction Machinery Exhibition has become an industry event integrating international forums, international competitions, exchanges in cutting-edge technologies and global enterprise style display. We are eagerly looking forward to taking this Southeast Asian sub-exhibition as an opportunity to further deepen exchanges and cooperation, work together for win-win results, and jointly promote high-quality development of the construction machinery industry. We sincerely wish that all exhibitors and buyers will find business opportunities and achieve more cooperation outcomes during this exhibition. The 4th Changsha International Construction Machinery Exhibition in 2025 will be held in Changsha from May 15 to 18, 2025."

The Southeast Asia branch of the 2024 Changsha International Construction Machinery Exhibition has built a platform for China's construction machinery industry to go to ASEAN and the world, as well as an excellent opportunity for the ASEAN market to have a deeper understanding of China and embrace Chinese industries. With the two consecutive well-prepared Southeast Asian sub-exhibitions, the organizing committee of the exhibition has cultivated nearly 60 industry associations and more than 10,000 professional visitors in Southeast Asia. It will continuously introduce high-quality international professional visitors from Southeast Asia to the Changsha International Construction Machinery Exhibition 2025, making it a higher-level event with more "international style" and truly realizing one-stop global expansion of quality business opportunities resources.