Lubelskie Voivodeship and the Henan Province business seminar

On 27th January this year the Lubelskie Voivodeship and the Henan Province organised a business seminar gathering the authorities of both regions and entrepreneurs representing a wide ranges of services , including logistic, transport, food, agriculture and construction services.

The seminar was opened by the Vice-governor of the Henan Province He Jinping, who underlined the importance of our cooperation and highlighted strengthening its development since 2016 when the president of China Xi Jinping visited Poland. The Vice-governor noticed that our regions are both complementary in economic terms, which creates great opportunities to intensify actions and concentrate on concrete disciplines. Mr He listed 4 main areas to which special attention should be paid: logistics, e-commerce, agriculture and joint communication channel between the authorities of both regions.                        

The co-host of the meeting on the Polish side was the Vice-marshal of the Lubelskie Voivodeship Michał Mulawa. The Vice-marshal presented the economic potential of our region, which, due to its location, is a gate to Europe. The cooperation with the People’s Republic of China creates promising prospects for our region, which has a lot to offer to Chinese investors. Our strong sides are undoubtedly a dynamically developing logistic sector creating huge opportunities for the entrepreneurs who want to enter the Chinese market.  The first important point on the map of our region is surely a dry port in Małaszewicze, the second one an extension of the regional airport and strengthening its importance  on the trade trail by constructing a cargo terminal. The company has just received a permit from the Civil Aviation Office for conducting additional aviation activity in the scope of cargo services. Another advantage is also the location of both Małaszewicze and the Lublin Airport, which are both at the eastern border of the European Union, in the direct vicinity of the most important border crossing points and reloading terminals to Belarus, Russia and Ukraine. They are also well communicated with a constantly developing network of international and express roads. Moreover,  the location of the Lubelskie Voivodeship on the Via Carpathia route connecting the north with the south of Europe increases the importance of the Lubelskie Region on the economic map of the old continent.

Next point of the official part was a speech of the Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Poland , His Excellency Liu Guangyuan and Deputy Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to China Radosław Flisiuk, who both highlighted  the importance of the development of the economic relations, especially cooperation in the coronavirus era.

Companies from both regions were invited to participate in the business part of the seminar. The following businesses took part in the event: Zhengzhou International Hub Development and Construction Co., Ltd; Henan Bonded Logistics Center; Zhumadian Huazhong Chia Tai Co., Ltd.; Henan Zhi Yuan Tang Medicine Co., Ltd., Port Lotniczy Lublin; Pszczelarz Kozacki; LST-Polska Sp. z o.o.; P.H.U. SZCZEPAN and other companies, who had a chance to present their offer to potential partners. 

Regional cooperation between Polish regions and Chinese provinces is one of the most important aspect of bilateral relations between China and Poland and this is the contacts on the regional level that have the most practical dimension, especially in terms of business cooperation.