Xiang Enterprises Step Up to the Challenge in Global Expansion | A Delegation from the Hunan Provincial Council for the Promotion of International Trade Visits Hengkai Electric (Cambodia) Co., Ltd. for a Research and Discussion Session

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To conduct an in-depth study of the current status of Hunan enterprises’ overseas operations, empower Hunan firms to pursue high-quality international expansion, and advance substantive and effective investment cooperation in Cambodia’s power sector, on the morning of August 25, 2026, Deng Luoxing, First‑Level Inspector of the Hunan Provincial Council for the Promotion of International Trade, led a delegation from the council to Hengkai Electric (Cambodia) Co., Ltd. for an on-site inspection and a symposium. The delegation brought together representatives from provincial and municipal trade promotion systems, trade promotion committees, and key industrial enterprises within the province. Li Guiping, Chairman of Hengkai Electric Co., Ltd., and Lin Jianfeng, General Manager of Hengkai Electric (Cambodia) Co., Ltd., along with the company’s core management team, provided full‑scale hospitality. Li Xinhua, President of the Hunan General Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia, and Zhang Zhongqiu, Executive Vice President and Secretary‑General, accompanied the visit.

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The delegation conducted an in-depth visit to the production workshops, touring the company’s manufacturing facilities and observing its overseas production bases up close. They gained firsthand insight into Hengkai Electric’s role as a benchmark enterprise for Hunan-based companies expanding into ASEAN, witnessing the tangible outcomes of applying China’s advanced electrical‑manufacturing standards and cutting‑edge process systems in Cambodia. The delegation also expressed strong appreciation and high regard for the company’s practical contributions to infrastructure development in Cambodia.

// Inspection of the production workshop //

At the symposium, Lin Jianfeng, General Manager of Hengkai Electric (Cambodia) Co., Ltd., delivered a welcome address, extending a warm welcome to the delegation for traveling from afar. He provided a detailed overview of the company’s operational scale and business footprint in Cambodia, as well as the opportunities and practical challenges it faces in its overseas expansion. He emphasized that Hengkai Electric (Cambodia) Co., Ltd., as an important strategic foothold for Hunan-based enterprises entering Southeast Asia, is leveraging the development opportunities presented by the joint construction of the Belt and Road Initiative. Grounded in Cambodia’s needs for power infrastructure development, the company is steadily advancing the localization of technology, human resources, and supply chains, striving to establish a platform for the manufacturing and service of power equipment serving Cambodia and neighboring Southeast Asian countries, thereby playing a pragmatic and effective role in supporting Hunan enterprises’ participation in China–Cambodia capacity‑cooperation initiatives.

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At the symposium, participants engaged in exchanges and discussions on key issues such as the challenges facing Hunan-based enterprises in overseas expansion, cross-border investment opportunities, industrial synergy in the power sector, collaborative efforts by Hunan firms to go global, and policy support and safeguards. Drawing on their respective industry experiences, they offered constructive recommendations and forged a shared consensus on leveraging collective strength to tap into the ASEAN market.

Li Guiping, Chairman of Hengkai Electric Co., Ltd., delivered a keynote address. He emphasized that Hengkai Electric is firmly committed to an internationalization strategy, with its Cambodian subsidiary serving as a pivotal cornerstone in the company’s global expansion. By establishing a strong foothold in Cambodia, Hengkai is not only seizing the opportunities presented by Southeast Asia’s industrialization but also fulfilling the mission of Hunan-based enterprises to go global—exporting China’s advanced electrical manufacturing technologies and management expertise to support local power infrastructure development. He expressed hope that the Provincial Council for the Promotion of International Trade will continue to serve as a bridge between government and business, building platforms for Hunan companies operating overseas to connect and collaborate, thereby fostering synergy among provincial enterprises and jointly opening up the Southeast Asian market.

Deng Luoxing, First‑Level Inspector of the Hunan Provincial Council for the Promotion of International Trade, delivered a speech. He commended Hengkai Electric for its bold foray into overseas markets and its steady expansion in Cambodia’s industrial sector, recognizing the company as a leading representative of Hunan enterprises going global and its positive contributions to advancing China–Cambodia industrial cooperation, creating local employment, and promoting Chinese smart manufacturing. He outlined the platform resources and service initiatives offered by Hunan’s trade promotion system to support enterprises’ internationalization, encouraging Hengkai Electric to continue leveraging its technological and industrial strengths, establish deep roots in the local market, and pursue sustainable, long‑term growth. He also expressed hope that Hunan‑based enterprises operating in Cambodia will strengthen collaboration and develop collectively, make full use of the various trade‑promotion channels, seize the development opportunities presented by ASEAN, and contribute even more vigorously to Hunan’s opening up and to pragmatic economic and trade cooperation between China and Cambodia.

This research and symposium represents on-the-ground support from the provincial trade promotion platform for Hunan enterprises’ flagship overseas projects, injecting strong momentum into Hengkai Electric’s Cambodian base to further expand its platform capabilities and serve as a model of leadership. Looking ahead, Hengkai Electric (Cambodia) Co., Ltd. will firmly seize the major opportunities presented by the joint construction of the Belt and Road Initiative and the building of a China–Cambodia community with a shared future, shoulder the responsibility and mission of setting a benchmark for Hunan enterprises going global, continuously strengthen its role as a regional hub for power‑equipment manufacturing, deepen the localized co‑development of industrial chains, and, through concrete industrial action, further enhance China–Cambodia industrial connectivity. In doing so, it will contribute an even stronger Hengkai force to elevating Hunan’s manufacturing sector to a higher level of opening-up and to upgrading the quality and depth of pragmatic economic and trade cooperation between China and Cambodia.

Also attending the visit were: Wei Xiaobo, Director of the International Liaison Department of the Hunan Provincial Council for the Promotion of International Trade; He Xiao, Party Secretary of the Huaihua Municipal Council for the Promotion of International Trade; Yang Lin, Third-Level Chief Staff Member of the Huaihua Municipal Council for the Promotion of International Trade; Zhang Yuan, Deputy Chief Staff Member of the Trade and Investment Promotion Department of the Commercial Industry Committee of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade; Xu Zhou, Deputy General Manager of Zhongxiang Overseas Construction & Development Co., Ltd.; Yin Yue, Deputy General Manager of the Investment and Marketing Center of Zhongxiang Overseas Construction & Development Co., Ltd.; Chen Canbin, General Manager of Changsha Zhuopeng Supply Chain Management Co., Ltd.; and Peng Huanyu, Assistant to the President of Xupu Xinwanrun Environmental New Materials Co., Ltd.