Ghana participates in 4th China-Africa Economic Trade Expo (CATEC)

Ghana participated in the 4th China-Africa Economic Trade Expo (CAETE) in Changsha, Hunan Province, China, from 12th to 15th June, 2025. 

The Expo was held on the theme: “China and Africa: Together Toward Modernization” and was geared towards strengthening ties between China and the African continent through trade and economic exchanges. 

It brought together over four thousand six hundred (4,600) Chinese and African companies, as well as over thirty thousand (30,000) participants in the manufacturing, garment, transport, and agribusiness industries, among others.  

Ghana leveraged the Expo to further promote Made-in-Ghana products and services, formed trade collaborations, and explored new markets. 

It also used the opportunity to attract investors as part of the country’s foreign policy objective of economic diplomacy. 

The over thirty (30) Ghanaian exhibitors who participated in the Expo exhibited items ranging from cocoa , textiles, pharmaceuticals, agricultural, wood, and leather products.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China, H.E. Wang Yi, at the opening ceremony of the Expo, pledged China’s commitment to offering support for Africa’s modernization drive. 

H.E. Yi further stated that achieving modernization was a shared aspiration and thus believed that the Expo would create more opportunities for China-Africa cooperation with maximum results for all parties. 

He revealed that China would continue exchanges with African countries in areas of governance, development of strategies to fast-track the implementation of the ten-point partnership action plan for Africa’s modernization, signing of economic partnership agreements to encourage the import of African goods, and contribute to Africa’s digital transformation.