On September 4, Acting Consul General Miao Miao attended a breakfast meeting for the Consular Corps hosted by Trade & Investment KwaZulu-Natal (TIKZN) and exchanged views with the participating representatives. TIKZN Chief Executive Officer Sihle Nkambule, representatives from the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs, members of the Consular Corps in Durban, and Honorary Consuls, among others, attended the event, with around 50 participants in total.

CEO Sihle Nkambule briefed the participants on KwaZulu-Natal’s economic development and investment prospects. He said that the province would continue to strengthen infrastructure development, leverage its advantages in ports and logistics, and promote the development of key sectors including tourism, agriculture, renewable energy and automotive manufacturing, with a view to attracting more domestic and international investment.

The Heads of the Consular Corps spoke highly of TIKZN’s efforts to promote economic and trade cooperation and investment development, and expressed their readiness to further play their role as a bridge and strengthen economic and trade exchanges and cooperation with KwaZulu-Natal.

A representative of the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs expressed hope that the Consular Corps would help further strengthen investment cooperation between businesses and contribute jointly to the economic development of KwaZulu-Natal.