President Xi's visit helps Chinese, Hungarian enterprises enter more possible cooperation: entrepreneur

Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit to Hungary underscores the robust relationship between Hungary and China, and will further bolster cooperation between enterprises of the two nations, said a Hungarian entrepreneur.

Hungary is the last stop of Xi's six-day European tour starting from last Sunday, earlier the Chinese president paid state visits to France and Serbia.

In an interview with China Global Television Network (CGTN) in Budapest on Wednesday, Tamas Benkocs, vice president of Muszertechnika-Holding Zrt, a Hungarian auto maker, expressed his expectations towards President Xi's visit.

"I think President Xi's visit is of the highest importance, because it shows the relationship, the strong relationship between our two countries. It helps reducing any business doubts and encourages entrepreneurs and enterprises to enter possible cooperation more and more. For those who already have cooperation, it (cooperation) will strengthen and probably will invite more and more companies to start working together," said Benkocs.

During the interview, he noted that policymakers should encourage this cooperation, recognizing its potential for mutual benefit and innovation. He also shared the synergies his company has developed with Chinese partners, emphasizing the mutual learning experience.

"I think policy makers should encourage this relationship, because what I see is they should not be focusing on Chinese companies and products coming to Europe. Our relationships with my (Chinese) partners are not focused on Europe. We are focused on all over the world. I think business opportunities are all over the world. What we have and how we work with our Chinese partners are that our people are working together, our engineers are working together. And it's a two-way road. They learn something from us. We learn something from them," he said.

"There was a shipment which was delayed due to political reasons, and we had to find a solution locally. We have 24/7 connection with our Chinese partners, engineers, so we could source it here (in Hungary), we could build it here, and we could solve it here. Therefore, I think the initiative and the cooperation between the two countries is an extremely important thing," he noted.

President Xi's visit helps Chinese, Hungarian enterprises enter more possible cooperation: entrepreneur

As Asia's largest fresh-cut flower market, the one in Dounan of Kunming City of southwest China's Yunnan Province has lured crowds of tourists across China.

May is a peak period for buying flowers, as it coincides with Mother's Day and May 20, also known as "520" in Chinese, which is an unofficial Valentine's Day in China.

The Dounan Flower Market is crowded both in the day or at night. Recently, the daily visitor count is about 10,000 people.

"I like flowers and I am considering opening a flower shop. So, I'd like to take a look here first," said a visitor from east China's Shandong Province.

"The sales are quite good. This type of rose bouquet has 20 stems, and the daily sales are over 2,000 bouquets," said a merchant at the Dounan Flower Market.

Among the flower stalls, there are many livestreamers who promote and sell the flowers online. They opened a new channel for flower sales.

"I used to livestream in a room. Later, after repeatedly talking with my clients, I think that the quality and price could be seen more directly in this way of live broadcasting. I have sold around 500 bouquets today, which should be around 10,000 roses," said a livestreamer.

"The Dounan Flower Market sells 117 kinds of flowers, more than 1,600 varieties every day. The average daily transaction volume of fresh flowers recently is about 40 million stems," said Wang Jinyiling, assistant to the president of Yunnan Dounan Flower Industry Group.

Flourishing flower industry boosts tourism in China's Yunnan