On the afternoon of December 26, 2023, the China-Belarus wood industry online matchmaking meeting co-organized by the China Timber and Wood Products Circulation Association and the Embassy of Belarus in China was successfully held. More than 50 wood industry companies from China and Belarus attended the meeting. Alexander Viktorovich Chervyakov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the People's Republic of China, Li Jiafeng, President of the China Timber and Wood Products Circulation Association, and Alexander Alexandrovich Pshennyi, Vice President of the Belarusian Forestry and Pulp Concern, attended the meeting and delivered speeches.
Alexander Viktorovich Chervyakov, Ambassador of the Embassy of Belarus in China, pointed out that in the past two years, the Embassy of Belarus and the association have carried out close cooperation, held a large number of meetings, negotiations, consultations and other activities, and achieved positive results. From January to October 2023, Belarus' exports of sawn timber, particleboard, fiberboard and other products to China increased significantly.
Li Jiafeng, president of the China Timber and Wood Products Circulation Association, said that China has a huge consumer market of more than 400 million middle-income groups and a complete processing industry chain. Belarus has rich forest resources. The development of the forestry industries of China and Belarus is highly complementary, and It is recommended that both parties: 1. Establish a daily contact and exchange mechanism, deepen the connection between supply and demand, and achieve mutual benefit and win-win results; 2. Promote long-term strategic cooperation in the timber and wood products industries of the two countries, expand the bilateral win-win cooperation model, and coordinate import and export efforts; 3. . Strengthen the exchanges of wood culture between China and Belarus, increase exchanges in the fields of woodworking machinery, wood product processing, and wood product applications, and seek more development space for enterprises in both countries.
Alexander Alexandrovich Pshenny, Vice President of the Belarusian Forestry and Pulp Concern, mentioned that China is a very important partner of Belarus. The Concern has more than 40 wood processing companies. He hopes that this meeting will help the timber trade between the two countries and achieve mutually beneficial exchange results. .
Chinese companies participating in this China-Belarus wood industry matchmaking meeting include Beixin International Wood Industry, Zhejiang Wuhan Senhua, Qingdao Open Investment Supply Chain, China Forest Products Industry, Guangxi Forestry Guigu, China Communications Import and Export, Zhejiang Shenghua Yunfeng, Qingbaijiang International Timber and other members enterprise.