Huajian International Shoe City Has Become The Largest Shoe Factory In Ethiopia.

In Huajian international shoe city (Ethiopia) Co., Ltd., entering the 3 storey building with wide yellow and green buildings, there is a busy scene.

From October last year, the factory was put into operation in January this year. In just 3 months, it was labeled "made in Ethiopia".

On the European and American markets.

In the meantime, the company had 2 production lines, arranged 100 Ethiopia employees to China for training, and China's General Plant dispatched 200 technical backbone and management personnel to Ethiopia.

After consulting with the local government, the company dispatched 300 local employees to China for centralized training in June.

Speaking to reporters, Wu Runlu, deputy general manager of the company, was excited.

According to Wu Runlu, by the end of April, the company has opened 3 production lines, introduced the world's first class shoe making equipment, with 790 employees, of which 630 workers in Ethiopia and 160 Chinese workers.

At present, the company produces 2000 pairs of leather shoes, all exported to Europe and the United States, and has become the largest in Ethiopia.

And become a large foreign exchange earning company in Ethiopia.

In the workshop, Ethiopia employees are proficient in all aspects such as shoe heel, mould, fastener, cutting board, skin cutting, shovel skin, sewing machine, connection, car side, matching and so on. The staff of China and Egypt cooperate closely, and the 3 production lines are in good order.

Who would have thought that these 20 year old Ethiopia employees were new to training for just a few months.

"I like Chinese companies, because I have learned a lot of valuable technology and hope to grow with the company," jilny, who supervised the production line, told reporters.

At the age of 22, she graduated from the business administration major of Addisababa University in Ethiopia last year. As the first batch of trainees trained in China, she has been training in China for 2 months and is now a technical backbone.

When a reporter asked her why she chose Chinese enterprises, she was very childish. He said that many teachers recommended Chinese enterprises. Because Chinese companies were well treated and learned skills, "there were many surprises after coming to the company, especially when they saw that Chinese people worked so hard that they were deeply infected."

At present, the company is striving to introduce advanced technology and management experience to Ethiopia, to make enterprises bigger and stronger, and to train technical backbone and management experience for locals.

15 years later, this big project will be handed over to all.

Administration.

"It is better to establish a hematopoietic system for Africa than to give them blood pfusion," Wu Runlu told reporters.

In fact, the Dukem Oriental Industrial Park, located in Huajian, is like the hematopoietic system that China helped to build in Africa.

Wu Shuaijun, director of the administrative office of the Industrial Park Management Committee, told reporters that the Eastern Industrial Park successfully won the bid in the second overseas cooperation area bid of the Ministry of Commerce in November 2007. It was registered at the federal and state level two in Ethiopia in May 22, 2008. It is the only Chinese Private Industrial Park in Africa now. It is also China's first national economic and trade cooperation zone in Ethiopia.

Up to the beginning of March this year, the industrial park has completed a total investment of 39 million 167 thousand US dollars; 12 enterprises have settled in the park, the total amount of actual investment is 124 million US dollars; the total taxes and fees have been turned up to 5 million 167 thousand and 600 US dollars, and 861 local staff have been employed.

The Ethiopia government regards the Oriental Industrial Park as a part of the national plan for sustainable development and poverty eradication, which is listed as an important priority in the industrial development plan.

Premier Meles said that the Dongfang Industrial Park plays a key role in the development of Egypt's industry. It is expected that more than 80 enterprises will enter.

The Ethiopia government has expressed its willingness to participate in the construction of the Oriental Industrial Park in accordance with 40% of the total investment of the project. The China Africa Development Fund has completed the internal review of its project to invest in the Dongfang Industrial Park, and intends to participate in the industrial park project by 30% of the total investment.

The implementation of the Dongfang Industrial Park project has brought valuable experience to the construction of industrial parks in Ethiopia, and promoted the development of the industrial park in the country.

Now, the government of Ethiopia has planned to build 5 industrial parks with a total area of 5130 hectares.

According to local media reports, the Ministry of industry of Ethiopia said recently that experts from various sectors of the organization were drafting the first industrial park bill in the country to prepare the Industrial Park Bureau.