The Chinese shoe manufacting giant, Aokang group, has revealed plans to invite African footwear associations and enterprises to Wenzhou, to explore mutual areas of interest.
The event follows the Sino-Africa cooperation Forum which attracted the participation of over 150 Chinese and 250 African enterprises. At that gathering, the Chinese Premier, Mr. Wen Jia Bao made a speech and the premier of Ethiopia met Mr. Wang zhen tao, President of Aokang group, as well as four other leading footwear entrepreneurs.
As the representative of China’s shoe industry at the forum, Mr. Wang zhen Tao expressed the wishes of China’s enterprises to cooperate with African ventures to jointly develop the global market. He said Aokang group could help train Ethiopian footwear technicians free of charge and that with the involvement of other enterprises, a number of African enterprises would be visiting Wenzhou next month.
