October 20, African products exhibition center (hereinafter referred to as "Exhibition Center") press conference at the Yin Du Hotel, Silver Room was held. Conference of the CPC Yiwu Municipal Committee, vice mayor of fruit Kay chaired Xiu Xian, deputy secretary to do "Exhibition Center" introduced the preparation progress, West Africa Division, Ministry of Commerce Zhong Manying make an important statement. National, provincial, municipal relevant department heads, officials of African countries, representatives of foreign embassies in China, Africa, some business people in the justice, attended the meeting. At this point, "Exhibition Center" was officially settled in Yiwu.

In recent years, with the friendly relations between China and African countries to further enhance China-Africa bilateral trade has been rapid development of China-Africa trade volume in 2009 reached 91.066 billion U.S. dollars, China has become Africa's third largest trading partner. Yiwu market share as a global commodity trading platform is the bridgehead of China's non-trade. Since 2007, the Yiwu market goods have been exported to 46 countries and regions in Africa, in 2008, Yiwu Small Commodity ten exporting countries, and African countries accounted for three seats, as at the end of 2009, Africa over 204 offices in Yiwu, the resident Yiwu African traders more than 1,000 people. Development of non-trade, Yiwu has become the new situation, a new market outreach highlights.

To attract more powerful sense of African businesses and traders to engage in trading activities to promote Yiwu - depth development of the African economic and trade cooperation, promote trade structure the market to "buy the global goods, sell global goods" changes could, in September 2009, Yiwu City, Zhejiang Province Government to the application for the support of imported goods in the International Trade City Hall set up an "Exhibition Center", the introduction and show business marketable, authentic African products to help African businesses, traders and products to expand the Chinese market and the re- enhance the reputation of African goods, and promote China-Africa economic and trade cooperation to a higher level. In the Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other relevant state ministries support, promote and contribute to the next, in November 2009, "Exhibition Center" as the Chinese side supports the development initiatives of African countries were included in the Fourth Ministerial Conference of Forum on China-Africa Cooperation action plan and had the settled Yiwu.

Through the efforts of the past year, there are Burundi, Nigeria, Egypt, Cape Verde, 11 State Department to inquire investment business related issues or recommended to contact units, Tanzania, China trade company, South Africa E-best international trading company, Brother International Trade Egypt companies and many other traders have signed a memorandum of understanding to determine the cooperation matters. "Exhibition Center" has been introduced ebony Tanzania, Zimbabwe stone sculptures, bronzes of Benin, Mozambique, musical instruments, jewelry, diamonds, South Africa 15 African countries, characteristics of commodities, buyers of the popular favorite of some commodities, sales potential is good. Under the plan, "Exhibition Center" will be opened in April 2011, venue decoration, investment and other work is actively underway.

"Exhibition Center" is the national implementation of the development of foreign trade an important part of diversification strategy is to promote and strengthen China-Africa economic and trade cooperation is an important initiative, which was set up to extend the development of Yiwu market trade chain, fast-track trade framework of China-Africa a major event in the optimization of product mix, Yiwu market, Yiwu market, the overall image and enhance the international status of the development of China-Africa traditional friendship, strengthen, improve and promote the development of a new situation in Sino-African trade, the establishment of China-Africa new strategic partnership to play an active trade role.