Huang Ningsheng Attends Netherlands King’s Day Reception

On April 27, 2018, Huang Ningsheng, Vice Governor, attended on invitation Netherlands King's Day Reception held in Guangzhou by Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Guangzhou.

Huang first extended greetings and best wishes to all Netherlanders working, learning or living in Guangzhou. In 2017, the total volume of Guangdong's imports and exports to Netherlands reached 14.5 billion dollars, an increase of 10% year-on-year, accounting for nearly 20% of Sino-Dutch two-way trade volume of the same period. 

Huang emphasized that 2018 is the 40th anniversary of Reform and Opening-up. Guangzhou will continue deepening reform and opening further to strengthen bilateral communication and cooperation and find complementarity with Netherlands within the framework of an open and pragmatic partnership for comprehensive cooperation, seizing opportunities brought by the Belt and Road Initiative and the building of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area and Free Trade Zone, with innovation and cooperation of strategic emerging industries playing a leading role.

Marjo Johanna Jacoba Crompvoets, Consul General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Guangzhou, said that Netherlands and China are not only traditional trading partners, but also partners of intelligence and technology now and She hoped to further deepen bilateral exchanges in different fields for better cooperation.