In recent years, China and Spain has achieved fruitful cooperation results in fields like infrastructure, economic and trade investment and cultural and sports exchanges. 

From July 8 to 11 local time, Jiang Difei, vice governor of Hunan Province, led an economic and trade delegation to visit Spain. Cai Dianwei, chairman of Hunan Construction Investment Group (HCIG) attended multiple activities like high-level meetings, discussions and exchanges and enterprise inspections. 

On July 9, the delegation successively visited the old buildings in the urban area of Barcelona, the renovation projects of historical sites and the expansion and renovation projects of local large sports venues to understand the experience and practices of using modern technologies to improve the seismic resistance and stability of historical site structures, as well as the technical standards and quality requirements for steel structure buildings of large sports venues in Europe. 

On the morning of July 10, the delegation visited senior officials of the Aragon Autonomous Region government in Saragossa, capital of the region, to discuss ways of strengthening bilateral cooperation in various fields such as economy and trade, technological innovation, urban-rural integration, green building, and cultural and sports exchanges.

In the afternoon, the delegation drove to the capital Madrid to have a discussion and exchanges with the president of Clinica Baviera European headquarters of Aier Group, the largest ophthalmic group in Europe. They learned about the investment and operation experience of Hunan-based enterprises in developed regions of Europe, and had in-depth exchanges on the next stage of HCIG’s efforts in Aier Group’s deep investment and hospital construction cooperation in Hunan.

Then, Cai Dianwei, along with the delegation, visited Yao Jing, ambassador of the Chinese Embassy in Madrid, exchanged information on the cooperation between HCIG and Hunan Yuneng Group in building a new energy battery plant in Spain, and sought support of the embassy for the group’s project cooperation in Spain.  

On July 11, the delegation visited Eptisa Servicios de Ingeniería, S.L., a subsidiary of JSTI Group, and held a discussion and exchanges with leaders of the company to understand in detail the production and operation conditions, typical problems and challenges faced by Chinese construction enterprises in Western Europe. They also talked about the experience and practice of helping Hunan’s design consulting, engineering contracting, energy and power enterprises to enter the European market. 

Through this visit, the delegation has gained a more intuitive understanding of Spain’s business environment and market opportunities, and established extensive contact with Spanish government and institutions and Chinese enterprises. There are still great opportunities for investment and construction in infrastructure, energy and power, and municipal engineering.

Spain has a superior geographical location and obvious regional advantages, radiating to Europe, Latin America and many other regions along the Belt and Road. 

HCIG will give full play to its advantages in the whole industrial chain, transform the traditional friendship between the two countries into more new advantages and achievements, and make new and greater contributions to the joint construction of the Belt and Road.