EN — A 30-member business delegation from Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan province, concluded a week-long trade mission to New Zealand on June 5 with agreements worth an estimated NZ$240 million across agriculture technology, education services, and advanced manufacturing.

The mission, organised by the Changsha Municipal Bureau of Commerce and supported by the Hunan Provincial Government, visited Auckland, Hamilton, and Christchurch. Key outcomes include a NZ$85 million joint venture between Zoomlion Heavy Industry and a Hamilton-based precision engineering firm to produce agricultural machinery components for the Asia-Pacific market, and a NZ$60 million partnership between Hunan Agricultural University and Lincoln University to establish a joint research centre on sustainable dairy farming.

Changsha Vice Mayor Gao Wenqi, who led the delegation, said the mission "deepened the sister-city relationship between Changsha and Hamilton" and opened doors for Hunan's rapidly growing advanced manufacturing sector. In the education sector, six New Zealand universities signed student exchange agreements with Hunan-based institutions, targeting 500 students annually within three years.

ZH — 由湖南省会长沙市30名商界代表组成的贸易代表团于6月5日结束为期一周的新西兰访问，签署了估值约2.4亿纽币的协议，涵盖农业科技、教育服务和先进制造领域。

此次访问由长沙市商务局组织、湖南省政府支持，走访了奥克兰、汉密尔顿和基督城。重要成果包括中联重科与汉密尔顿一家精密工程公司达成8500万纽币合资协议，面向亚太市场生产农机零部件；湖南农业大学与林肯大学合作建立可持续乳业联合研究中心，价值6000万纽币。

率团的长沙市副市长高文奇表示，此行"深化了长沙与汉密尔顿的友好城市关系"，并为湖南快速增长的先进制造业打开了新西兰市场。教育领域，六所新西兰大学与湖南院校签署学生交流协议，目标三年内每年互派500名学生。

Source: NZTE