Using forests as media to build a platform to share new opportunities for cooperation – Summary of the First World Forestry Conference – Xinhuanet – Xinhuanet Guangxi Channel

[Original title]Using forests as a media platform to share new opportunities for cooperation—A summary of the first World Forestry Conference

In early winter, Bagui welcomes a grand event. From November 23rd to 26th, the first World Forestry Conference was held in Nanning. This conference is hosted by the State Forestry and Grassland Administration and the People’s Government of the Autonomous Region, and jointly organized by the Forestry Bureau of the Autonomous Region and the Guangxi International Expo Affairs Bureau. With the theme of “Forest Green Industry, Cooperation and Sharing”, the conference uses forests as a medium to build consensus, promote cooperation, comprehensively display the development results of the domestic and foreign forestry industry, and build a new cooperation platform to promote exchanges and cooperation in the global forestry industry.

The conference highlights its global nature and is an event that attracts high attention and has far-reaching influence in the global forestry industry. On the day of the opening ceremony, 30 projects were signed on site, with a contract value exceeding 40 billion yuan, covering cooperation projects such as bamboo flooring, furniture and home intelligent manufacturing, spices and flavors, forest health care, and forest carbon sequestration. These projects have large investment volumes, good industry prospects, and strong driving capabilities. They will provide strong support for Guangxi to build a trillion-yuan forestry industry, promote high-quality forestry development, and inject new impetus into the construction of a magnificent Guangxi in the new era.

  Strong lineup to create a new high-level open platform

This is the largest and highest-level conference in the forestry industry in Guangxi and even the country.

This conference has a distinctive theme and a strong lineup. Senior officials from forestry authorities and envoys stationed in China from many countries were invited to attend the conference. It also attracted forest cultivation, artificial panels, papermaking, and forestry machinery and equipment from European, Asian and other countries and regions. More than 5,000 people including well-known corporate executives and industry elites, as well as representatives from forestry industry associations in Russia, Canada and other countries, academicians and experts, and global purchasers attended the event.

This conference adopts a combination of “conference + exhibition + forum” and has a total of 11 activities, including the opening ceremony of the conference, the 13th World Timber and Wood Products Trade Conference, the 2023 Guangxi Forestry and High-end Green Home Industry Development Matchmaking conference, 2023 Forest Products International Trade Forum, 2023 Flavors and Fragrances Industry Development Forum, 2023 China-ASEAN Expo Forest Products and Wood Products Exhibition, etc. In particular, the China-ASEAN Expo’s forest products and wood products exhibition has reached the largest scale in history, with a total of 15 exhibition halls and 13 exhibition areas, with a total exhibition area of ​​50,000 square meters, special international forestry industry exhibitions, and provincial (regional and municipal) forestry industry exhibitions. More than 600 key domestic and foreign forestry industry enterprises participated in the exhibition, and their products cover the entire industry chain of the forestry industry. Through in-depth expansion of forest product production and marketing cooperation, we strive to build a world-class professional cooperation platform for high-quality development, high-level openness, and high-level communication in the forestry industry.

  Diversified content expands new horizons for forestry industry development

The content of the conference is rich, diverse and exciting.

Guangxi is an important forest resource-rich area, forest ecological advantage area and forestry industry concentration area in the country. The beautiful mountains and clear waters and ecological beauty are the “golden sign” of Guangxi. At the three-day China-ASEAN Expo Forest Products and Wood Products Exhibition in 2023, Guangxi promoted and exhibited forest and wood industry products such as artificial panels, furniture and home furnishings, camellia oleifera, agarwood, flower bonsai, bamboo and wood products, which successfully attracted people from all over the world. ’s attention and received widespread praise and attention. This exhibition attracted more than 20 countries, international organizations and more than 20 provinces (cities, districts) across the country to participate in the exhibition. The exhibitors and product varieties reached new highs. At the same time, the 13th World Timber and Wood Products Trade Conference held this year aims to build a broader platform for timber and wood products trade between countries with the purpose of building consensus, deepening cooperation and sharing results.

The 2023 Flavors and Fragrances Industry Development Forum and the 2023 Forest Products International Trade Forum held simultaneously at the conference allowed Guangxi to share new development opportunities with the world, and its flavors and fragrances industry and forest products trade were vigorously promoted.

Guangxi is known as “China’s Natural Plant Flavor Library” and “Fragrance Plant Kingdom”. More than 600 types of natural aromatic plants have been discovered. The total annual production of flavors and fragrances is about 300,000 tons, with a comprehensive output value of more than 30 billion yuan. The 2023 Flavors and Fragrances Industry Development Forum brings together well-known experts and businessmen in the field of flavors and fragrances at home and abroad. Everyone uses this as a platform to discuss how to further promote technological innovation in the flavors and fragrances industry, push industrial development to the forefront, and expand exchanges and cooperation.

Guangxi is a hot spot for the development of China’s wood industry. The investment in the region’s forestry industry will exceed 30 billion yuan in 2022. As the first modern forestry industry demonstration zone jointly built by the central and local governments in the country, our district is rich in forestry resources and has strong industrial development. There are 42 forestry industry parks in the district and more than 3,000 companies have entered the park. The 2023 Forest Products International Trade Forum will focus on the theme of “Cooperating with Forests as Media” to conduct in-depth exchanges on continuously expanding the scale of international trade of forest products and promoting the healthy development of the forestry industry, contributing new strength to the world’s green cause.

  Global linkage promotes deep integration of the entire industry chain

As the hosts of this conference, Guangxi Wuhua Tianbao and Zhongling Yuxiu have the best business environment. In recent years, Guangxi has fully aligned with the country’s major opening-up and cooperation strategies, strengthened innovation in investment and consumption, production and manufacturing, trade, logistics, policy funding, etc., and strived to create a first-class business environment for enterprises, and has become a policy hub for the development of the forestry industry. and an important hub for domestic and international dual circulation.

At the national level, relying on the central and local governments to jointly build a modern forestry industry demonstration zone, the State Forestry and Grassland Administration has provided preferential support to Guangxi in terms of projects and funds, and supported Guangxi in piloting forestry land use, financial credit, technological innovation, etc. Guangxi has also It has become the second province in the country to carry out a pilot program to balance forest land occupation and compensation, and the first to implement a pilot program for artificial commercial forest reform.

At the autonomous region level, the People’s Government of the autonomous region issued the “Guangxi Trillion Forestry Industry Three-Year Action Plan (2023-2025)” to guide the establishment of forestry industry investment funds, implement preferential tax policies for forestry enterprises, and support the construction of infrastructure in key forestry industrial parks, etc. Provide financial support in accordance with relevant regulations; prioritize construction land quotas for forestry projects included in the autonomous region’s “Double Hundred and Double New” industrial projects and new projects in key forestry industrial parks; support the creation of autonomous region-level modern forestry industry demonstration zones and national modern agricultural industrial parks , National Rural Industrial Integrated Development Demonstration Park. Enterprises investing in Guangxi can simultaneously enjoy multiple overlapping preferential policies such as the Western Development, regional ethnic autonomy, and revitalization of old revolutionary areas. The “Guihui Loan” project loan has a fiscal discount rate of 0.5-3 percentage points, and the cumulative interest discount limit is up to 20 million yuan. .

Guangxi has hosted 11 consecutive China-ASEAN Expo Forest Products and Wood Products Exhibitions, 2 Southern Flowers and Seedlings Fair, and 3 Guangxi Furniture and Home Expo, promoting and witnessing the continuous enrichment of the China-ASEAN strategic partnership and serving The “Belt and Road” construction has played an important role. This World Forestry Conference is open to global cooperation and has invited 50 countries and international organizations to participate in the conference and exhibition. Some countries, such as New Zealand and Cambodia, have sent ministerial-level leaders to attend. With “forest” as the intermediary, the joint development with the world’s forestry industry will be powerful. Promote the integration of global forestry trade and the entire forestry industry chain, and help my country’s forestry industry better serve the high-quality implementation of RCEP and the joint construction of the “Belt and Road”. (Reporter Wang Yanqun, correspondent Jiang Junlin Yangyi)