Fifteen employees of the Ministry of Commerce & Industry (MoCI) have completed a two-week seminar in Industrial Clustering and Investment Promotion in the People’s Republic of China.  The seminar was held in Haikou City, Hainan Province, China, under the auspices of the International Cooperation and Exchange Center- an institution directly under the administration Department of Commerce of Hainan Province. The seminar was graced by government officials, experts, scholars and managers of related enterprises in Liberia that are engaged in the fields of industrial clustering, investment promotion and others

The Industrial Clustering and Investment Promotion training covered ten core areas, including commercial logistics, regional economic development, industrial clustering, and investment promotion management. It also dwelt on smart commerce, trade facilitation, green trade, and the construction of a legalized business environment, amongst others. 

As indicated in the overview of the program, in January 2014, the training center gained the approval of the Ministry of Commerce and became a "MOC Training Base for International Business Officials. In recent years, commissioned by the Ministry of Commerce, the center has organized over one hundred of China-aid seminars and training courses for thousands of English-, Spanish-, French-, Portuguese-, Russian-, Arabic-, Cambodian-, Laos-,Vietnamese- and other language-speaking participants who came from nearly 100 countries and regions. 

While in China, the Commerce Ministry employees and their colleagues visited several   Chinese cities, including Qionghai and Sanya, Hainan Province, Shanghai Municipality, and Suzhou, Jiangsu Province. Considering the rich training history and professional background of the institution that facilitated the seminar, it is expected that the MoCI employees will use the skills acquired in the interest of the Ministry of Commerce & Industry in particular, and Liberia at large. 

Meanwhile, Commerce & Industry Minister, Magdalene Ellen Dagoseh has commended the Chinese government for the numerous capacity-building opportunities it continues to afford Liberians.

Minister Dagoseh who was recently in China to participate in a seminar organized by the Chongqing Municipal Commission of Commerce has repeatedly spoken about the benefits of the cooperation that continues to exist between Liberia and the People’s Republic of China-making reference to    Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf Ministerial Complex, the Fendell Campus of the University of Liberia, scholarships and training programs, among others, as testaments of Liberia’s partnership with China.