BEIJING, Sept 6 (MENA) - Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli on Friday evening left Beijing Capital International Airport, heading back home after he took part in the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) on September 4-6.

The premier participated in the forum's opening session. He was present at an official dinner hosted by Chinese President Xi Jinping and his spouse for African heads of state and government and their wives.

Madbouli attended a number of high-level sessions that tackled ways of enhancing cooperation between China and Africa in different fields. He delivered a keynote speech at a session titled "Industrial transformation, agricultural modernization and green development".

On the sidelines of the forum, the prime minister met with CEOs of prominent Chinese companies that many of which operate in the Suez Canal Economic Zone.

Chinese executives briefed Madbouli on the implementation status of their projects in Egypt and future plans for expansion in the Egyptian market in the coming period.

The prime minister witnessed the signing of final contracts for a package of new projects to be carried out in the Suez Canal Economic Zone.

Those projects, worth more than USD one billion, will cover chemical and food industries, bromine production and the manufacture of components of solar cell glass.

He also witnessed the inking of five memorandums of understanding to establish three factories for manufacturing fiber optic cables and communications equipment, as well as building three centers for exporting outsourcing services in the fields of electronic circuit design, software development, optical networks, green transformation technology and semiconductors.

The MoUs also include the establishment of a technology investment fund worth USD 300 million, a data center and four centers and laboratories to train and build the capacities of more than 3,250 specialists. (MENA)

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