On the afternoon of July 12, Jun Xinyang, member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee and Deputy Mayor, met with Vincent Meriton, former Vice President of Seychelles and Chairman of the Seychelles China Friendship Association.
The two sides had in-depth exchanges on the continued deepening of economic and trade cooperation between Linyi and Seychelles, and expressed that they would further enhance mutual trust, strengthen cooperation, and jointly promote pragmatic cooperation in investment, trade, culture and tourism, education, agriculture and other fields to achieve mutual benefit, win-win results, and common prosperity and development. Linyi and Seychelles have close economic and trade cooperation and huge potential for cooperation. In 2023, the city's import and export volume with Seychelles was 10.89 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 13.5%. The main export commodities were plywood, crawler excavators, and pneumatic rubber tires. Li Hong, deputy director of the Foreign Affairs Office of the Provincial Party Committee, attended the meeting.
