China and Gambia jointly hold experience-sharing event at WTO Xinhua News Agency, Geneva, October 27 (Reporter Jiao Qian) The World Trade Organization is holding a series of development meetings in Geneva, Switzerland from the 26th to the 27th. During this period, China and The Gambia jointly held a seminar to share experience on "Integrating Trade and Investment in Promoting African Industrialization". The event received a positive response and wide recognition from developed and developing members of the WTO. Representatives from the Institute of New Structural Economics at Peking University, Gambia's Ministry of Trade, Industry and Employment, and Chinese-funded organizations in Rwanda attended the meeting to discuss and summarize the practice and experience of policies related to integrating trade and investment in promoting African industrialization from multiple perspectives of government, industry, and academia. Ambassador Schialer, chairman of the WTO's trade and development committee and Peru's permanent representative at the United Nations office in Geneva and other international organizations in Switzerland, chaired the seminar. From the perspective of a new structural economy, Yu Jia, a researcher at the Institute of New Structural Economy at Peking University, took the trade and investment integration policy and practical experience of Indonesia and Benin as examples to discuss with friends the way of developing countries to improve production capacity and promote industrial upgrading and industrialization by participating in international trade development. Kemo Janke, Chief Trade Economist of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Employment of The Gambia, presented the practice of the Gambian government to attract investment through trade and investment policies and promoting the integration of local enterprises in the global supply chain based on the operational experience of The Gambia's industrial parks; Gu Qiuya, representative of the Chinese-funded organization Xiangde Garment Co., Ltd. In Rwanda, he shared the investment experience of Chinese-funded enterprises in Rwanda, especially the use of investments to drive the development of local production capabilities, technical know-how and human resources, and exchanges on trade and investment integration policy support required by enterprises. In July of this year, China submitted a proposal on "Integrating Trade and Investment to Promote Industrialization" to the WTO, calling on all parties to summarize relevant practical experiences around integrating trade and investment and promote the WTO to better serve the industrialization process of developing countries. The proposal was jointly signed by several African countries and is widely supported by companies such as the European Union, South Korea, Switzerland and the group of least developed countries. This seminar is a successful demonstration of the relevant theories and practices of trade and investment integration to promote industrialization development on the WTO platform. It is also an innovative attempt by China to implement global development initiatives and global governance initiatives on the multilateral platform of the WTO, and to contribute Chinese ideas and Chinese solutions.

China and Gambia jointly hold experience-sharing event at WTO Xinhua News Agency, Geneva, October 27 (Reporter Jiao Qian) The World Trade Organization is holding a series of development meetings in Geneva, Switzerland from the 26th to the 27th. During this period, China and The Gambia jointly held a seminar to share experience on "Integrating Trade and Investment in Promoting African Industrialization". The event received a positive response and wide recognition from developed and developing members of the WTO. Representatives from the Institute of New Structural Economics at Peking University, Gambia's Ministry of Trade, Industry and Employment, and Chinese-funded organizations in Rwanda attended the meeting to discuss and summarize the practice and experience of policies related to integrating trade and investment in promoting African industrialization from multiple perspectives of government, industry, and academia. Ambassador Schialer, chairman of the WTO's trade and development committee and Peru's permanent representative at the United Nations office in Geneva and other international organizations in Switzerland, chaired the seminar. From the perspective of a new structural economy, Yu Jia, a researcher at the Institute of New Structural Economy at Peking University, took the trade and investment integration policy and practical experience of Indonesia and Benin as examples to discuss with friends the way of developing countries to improve production capacity and promote industrial upgrading and industrialization by participating in international trade development. Kemo Janke, Chief Trade Economist of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Employment of The Gambia, presented the practice of the Gambian government to attract investment through trade and investment policies and promoting the integration of local enterprises in the global supply chain based on the operational experience of The Gambia's industrial parks; Gu Qiuya, representative of the Chinese-funded organization Xiangde Garment Co., Ltd. In Rwanda, he shared the investment experience of Chinese-funded enterprises in Rwanda, especially the use of investments to drive the development of local production capabilities, technical know-how and human resources, and exchanges on trade and investment integration policy support required by enterprises. In July of this year, China submitted a proposal on "Integrating Trade and Investment to Promote Industrialization" to the WTO, calling on all parties to summarize relevant practical experiences around integrating trade and investment and promote the WTO to better serve the industrialization process of developing countries. The proposal was jointly signed by several African countries and is widely supported by companies such as the European Union, South Korea, Switzerland and the group of least developed countries. This seminar is a successful demonstration of the relevant theories and practices of trade and investment integration to promote industrialization development on the WTO platform. It is also an innovative attempt by China to implement global development initiatives and global governance initiatives on the multilateral platform of the WTO, and to contribute Chinese ideas and Chinese solutions.