Internal working platform of Yunnan Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries

 In recent years, the Yunnan Provincial Federation of Industry and Commerce has focused on the strategic opportunity of making full use of resources in Yunnan to accelerate the construction of bridgeheads and create new highlands along the border. Give full play to the four major advantages of the Federation of Industry and Commerce, namely non-government, service, self-discipline, and extensiveness, create favorable conditions for Yunnan and even Chinese enterprises to go to South Asia and Southeast Asia, and successfully walk out of the Yunnan path of non-governmental diplomacy in line with the conditions of Yunnan Province.

  People-to-people diplomacy serves the overall diplomacy of the country

   Over the years, the Yunnan Provincial Federation of Industry and Commerce has strengthened exchanges and cooperation with overseas business associations and actively carried out chamber of commerce diplomacy by promoting mutual visits of personnel. Since 2000, more than 30 delegations and more than 400 entrepreneurs have been organized to conduct economic and trade inspections abroad, and have conducted business exchanges with 36 chambers of commerce in 12 countries. During the same period, it also received more than 40 visiting groups from more than 20 countries, with a total of more than 900 people. Through "going out" and "inviting to come in", we have deepened mutual understanding and mutual trust with overseas industrial and commercial associations, publicized China's reform and opening up policy and construction achievements, and conveyed China's "good neighborliness and partnership with neighbors" "Peaceful foreign policy.

  The contact network and cooperation mechanism serve Yunnan's foreign economic cooperation

  At present, the Yunnan Federation of Industry and Commerce has established liaison relations with more than 70 overseas industrial and commercial associations, international organizations and foreign-related institutions, and has built a network covering Asia, Europe, the United States, and Australia. The external liaison network of more than 20 countries and regions in four continents. At the same time, in cooperation with the government departments of neighboring countries, non-governmental organizations and international organizations, a number of bilateral and multilateral cooperation mechanisms have been established, among which the more influential cooperation mechanism is the "China (Yunnan), Laos, Myanmar, and Thailand Economic Four-Corner Chamber of Commerce Joint Committee" , "Greater Mekong Sub-region Business Forum", "Pan-Pearl River Delta Regional Chamber of Commerce and Greater Mekong Sub-region Business Forum Cooperation Organization", "Yunnan-Myanmar Economic and Trade Cooperation Forum", etc. Relying on these contact networks and cooperation mechanisms, the Yunnan Federation of Industry and Commerce actively serves Yunnan's foreign economic cooperation and actively invites foreign businessmen to participate in Yunnan exhibitions. Since 2000, more than 700 overseas businessmen have been invited and organized to participate in the "Kunming Fair". At the same time, it also actively holds various project promotion meetings and business information briefings. Through these activities, the development of Yunnan's foreign economic cooperation has been effectively promoted.

   closely follow the needs of enterprises and provide effective services for enterprises to "go global"

  In terms of economic and trade activities, since 2000, a total of Yunnan enterprises have been organized to participate in commodity exhibitions abroad

   21 conferences, expositions, project matchmaking meetings and economic and trade inspections, more than 300 companies participated, more than 100 times of matchmaking for companies, and 45 cooperation projects were promoted; in terms of training activities, successively Cooperated with 12 institutions including the Greater Mekong Sub-regional Business Forum, United Nations ESCAP, German Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Norwegian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Thailand Mekong Institute, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, and Indian Entrepreneur Development Institute, and held 22 training sessions in total. More than 800 enterprises have been trained; in terms of information services, the Yunnan Enterprise Information Database and the ASEAN Economic and Technological Project Information Database have been established in cooperation with the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Yunnan Provincial Department of Science and Technology. , Chiang Mai Chamber of Commerce in Thailand, Calcutta Chamber of Commerce in India, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade and other organizations have signed an economic and trade information exchange mechanism to exchange and release important economic and trade information regularly, quantitatively, and in a targeted manner. Through the above services, the ability of enterprises to cooperate with foreign countries has been improved, the confidence of enterprises in foreign exchanges has been enhanced, and the pace of "going out" has been accelerated.