On April 8, 2017, the grand ceremony of the Second China New Normal Economic Development High-level Forum and 2016 “People of the Year for Developing China” hosted by the China Development Network of the National Development and Reform Commission was held at the 5th floor of Beijing’s Diaoyutai State Hotel, bringing together Chinese business leaders, well-known scholars and media in the industry. At the meeting, Xu Guowu, Chairman of Hunan Xuanye Ecological Agriculture Development Co., Ltd., was awarded the title of “2016 Leader of China’s Green Development”.

Hunan Xuanye Ecological Agriculture Development Co., Ltd was established in August 2013 in the spirit of Hunan Provincial Government promoting Hunan enterprises to “go global”. With the approval of the Hunan Provincial Department of Commerce, a wholly-owned subsidiary, Xuanye (Laos) Co., Ltd., was invested and established in Laos in October 2014. Its main business scope includes planting, purchasing, processing and import and export trade of agricultural and forestry products.

In the short period of two years from the signing of the “Protocol on Inspection and Quarantine Requirements for Lao Rice Exporting to China” to the formal export of Lao rice to China, Hunan Xuanye Ecological Agriculture Development Co., Ltd. has made strenuous efforts and invested a large amount of capital, with the strong support of the Lao government and farmers. The Lao government has listed the company as a priority to support Chinese-funded enterprises, hoping that the company will become bigger and stronger in Laos and promote Sino-Lao trade. This is not only a sign of further deepening economic and trade cooperation between China and Laos, but also a fruitful result of the friendship between the two countries and the construction of China’s “the Belt and Road Initiative” in Laos.