Guangdong held a business promotion conference with Belgium on March 11 at the Guangdong Foreign Affairs Club, aiming to deepen bilateral trade and investment cooperation.
Ma Wenfeng, director of the Foreign Affairs Office of the People's Government of Guangdong Province, met with Emilio de Miguel Calabia, the newly appointed consul general of Spain in Guangzhou, and his delegation on March 2.
Chen Guangjun, deputy director of the Foreign Affairs Office of the People's Government of Guangdong province and vice president of the Guangdong People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, met with Marcilio Guedes Drummond de Sousa, secretary general of the Brazil-China Friendship Association, in Guangzhou on Feb 6.
Qian Hongjie, deputy director of the Foreign Affairs Office of the People's Government of Guangdong province, attended the Saudi Founding Day reception hosted by the Saudi Consulate General in Guangzhou on Feb 25 and delivered a speech.
On Feb 2, Ma Wenfeng, director of the Foreign Affairs Office of the People's Government of Guangdong Province, met with Harris Alwi, the new Consul General of Malaysia in Guangzhou.
Ma Wenfeng, director of the Foreign Affairs Office of the People's Government of Guangdong Province, met with Ivan Zyuulu, Zambia's Ambassador to China, in Guangzhou on Jan 13, to discuss ways of deepening bilateral practical cooperation.
On Sept 22, Oláh Lajos, deputy speaker of the Hungarian National Assembly and vice chairman of the Hungary-China Friendship Group of Parliamentarians, led a delegation to Guangzhou, capital city of Guangdong province, exploring opportunities to deepen economic and cultural cooperation.
A total of 37 government officials and senior party members from 10 African and Asian countries are set to participate in a two-week training program in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, designed to impart lessons from the development success of China's renowned special economic zone.
A ship preparing for its maiden voyage to the US West Coast docked at Nansha Port in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, on July 16, officially launching the first direct premium express shipping route between Guangzhou and the Port of Los Angeles.