Western China trade fair attracts investment from home and abroad

Located on the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, Chongqing boasts key geographic advantages as a strategic pivot point in the national development programs for China's western regions and the Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Circle. It is also a connecting point for the Belt and Road Initiative and the Yangtze River Economic Belt.

Chongqing's regional gross domestic product exceeded 3.2 trillion yuan last year, doubling from a decade ago. Between 2020 and 2024, the city's GDP grew at an average annual rate of 5.6 percent.

Hassan Mohammed, an investment and trade representative from Nigeria, is promoting agricultural products from his country at the event.

"Nigeria has a lot of agricultural products. We encourage Chinese to buy more peanuts and Nigerian farmers to grow more for the Chinese market," he said.

Lee Sangkeun, director of KOSME Global Business Center in Chongqing, hopes to introduce Chongqing's new energy cars to the South Korean market.

"We found that Chongqing-made new energy cars are of excellent quality, and we think South Koreans will like them," he said.

Tang Yu contributed to the story.