"Chinese enterprises are my dream place to start"

Source: Guangming Daily-Guangming Daily

Author: Xiao Tianyi

The China-Egypt TEDA Suez Economic and Trade Cooperation Zone ("TEDA Cooperation Zone") is located in the northwest economic zone of the Gulf of Suez in Egypt, 120 kilometers away from Cairo and 40 kilometers away from the city of Suez. It is close to the third largest seaport in Egypt-Insuhanna Port. It is a national-level overseas economic and trade cooperation zone recognized by the Ministry of Commerce of China, with the goal of promoting China-Egypt production capacity cooperation. In January 2016, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Egyptian President Sisi unveiled the TEDA Cooperation Zone Expansion Project. China and Egypt agreed to redouble their efforts to develop the TEDA Cooperation Zone. In this process, the TEDA Cooperation Zone actively created a dream-building platform for Egyptian youth, which not only helped them realize their personal values and ideals, but also contributed to the promotion of practical economic and trade cooperation between the two countries.

Nahara is dressed in a suit, chic and capable, professional and dedicated when introducing business, which is enough to infect everyone who first meets her. Although she was born in a traditional Egyptian family, she has been independent since she was a child. She refuses to admit defeat in everything and wants to compare with boys. In order to realize her career ideal and break the prejudice of her family and friends around her, she chose a very difficult but never regretted road. She said, "I 've been insisting, starting from the initial interview, trying over and over again, even if I'm rejected, but I feel I can do it, and I have to prove it to others. Maybe I'm not very good at talking, but I won't lose to others in practice." Recalling the days when she was just working, she was working in the recruitment and investment promotion department and needed face-to-face contact with visiting enterprises and government representatives. In order to better complete the work, she tirelessly shuttled between various construction sites during work breaks to understand the company's needs for park services and accelerate the integration of herself, the company and the park. Slowly, Nahara grew up under the cultivation of the company and the encouragement of friends, and gradually won the envy, respect and admiration of the people around him. After working in the company for 9 years, Nahara is now the company's unique backbone management personnel. "TEDA is not only my company, but also my home." Nahara expressed his love for this job. She said that now that she has a high position, she has already started her doctorate in business management, and she is looking forward to working with TEDA of Egypt to build a better area in the future. In her opinion, as long as she works hard enough and keeps working hard, her dream can be realized. And such confidence and confidence, it is the Egyptian Teda gave her.

This year's outbreak has pressed the "pause button" for all walks of life around the world ". With the suspension of global traffic control, manufacturing and trade, the international trade logistics industry is facing a great crisis. "In the face of uncertainty, anxiety and uneasiness cannot help us solve problems. Only by strengthening confidence and acting quickly can we turn passivity into initiative and create a better future." said Mahmoud Bichir, 30. He is the head of logistics investment promotion at TEDA Development Company in Egypt. This year is his third year working in TEDA in Egypt. Challenges and opportunities have always been twins, and Bichir did not choose to give up because of the "blockade" of the epidemic, but made full use of the resources of enterprises, government and industry institutions, cooperative media and other resources in the park to capture market information in all directions, and to establish an information sharing mechanism with his business team and the Chinese team to find more opportunities for cooperation. In the end, he and his colleagues made a lot of efforts and achieved gratifying results-successfully promoted the TEDA bonded warehouse project to officially enter the trial operation stage, the marketing work was fully launched, and the first company was ushered in. He said: "I joined the Egyptian Navy shortly after graduation. The TEDA Cooperation Zone was the first place I worked after I retired. This is why TEDA has a special place in my heart. This is where my dream began to come true. I believe we will have a bright future."

In the difficult period of epidemic prevention and control, the Egyptian employees of the TEDA Cooperation Zone are still running forward, and effectively promote the optimization of the business environment of the cooperation zone, the acceleration of industrial agglomeration, the expansion and upgrading of the functions of the park, the further improvement of the public service system, and the promotion of regional economic integration and development. They use their own efforts to provide strong support for the construction of "the belt and road initiative. As Mr Bihir said, the epidemic will end, but love and hope will not end.