China and the Dominican Republic established a diplomatic relationship in 2018, with Hunan Province undertaking the pairing assistance project. In 2021, Hunan donated a Zoomlion cane harvester to its Dominican counterpart. In August the same year, the Dominican purchasers procured Zoomlion's agricultural machinery worth more than 5 million CNY. In 2022, Zoomlion stood out from European, American, and Japanese agricultural machinery producers, winning the procurement order of high-horsepower tractors, paddy harvesters, and cane harvesters worth 16.68 million CNY.

Li Dianxun, deputy secretary of the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee, led a delegation to the Dominican Republic on June 17 this year, promoting project matchmaking in such fields as economic and trade cooperation, culture, and agricultural machinery. He met with the Minister of Presidency, Minister of Agriculture, and Minister of Policies for Regional Integration of the Dominican Republic, and attended the acceptance check ceremony of the Hunan-Dominican rice planting cooperation project.

Limber Cruz, Dominican minister of agriculture, planned to visit China, and Hunan in particular, in the near future. He expressed gratitude to Hunan for its assistance in agricultural technologies and equipment, and looked forward to further in-depth cooperation with Hunan. "At first, there were many people who asked me why I choose China-made agricultural machine. There hasn't been a single farmer who has voiced any negative feedback regarding the agricultural machinery from Zoomlion. We will continue to introduce more China-made agricultural machinery in the future," he said sincerely.

This article is from Hunan Provincial Government. www.enghunan.gov.cn.

Translator: Pang Yuehui

Chinese source: hunantoday