IBIFDD Visits Sri Lanka to Deepen Strategic Cooperation and Co-create a New Blueprint for China-Sri Lanka Industrial Collaboration

To deeply implement the national "Belt and Road" initiative and actively respond to the call for coordinated development of cross-border industrial and supply chains, the FDD platform under IBI uses industrial internet as the core link to continuously expand its global business layout and deepen international agricultural and industrial ecological cooperation. Recently, IBI Vice President and FDD CEO Yin Haifeng, FDD Singapore E-commerce Co., Ltd. General Manager Wang Qing, and FDD Cross-border Business Department Director Zhang Yi formed a delegation to conduct a multi-day business visit to Sri Lanka. The delegation connected with local government departments, core institutions, and leading enterprises to conduct in-depth consultations on areas such as agricultural modernization, cross-border supply chain construction, and green energy development, precisely building cooperation bridges to enhance the quality and efficiency of bilateral economic and trade cooperation between China and Sri Lanka, and to lay a solid foundation for achieving complementary and win-win industrial resources. President of the Middle East Liaoning General Chamber of Commerce Wang Jinsong, Secretary-General of the Sri Lanka China Economic and Trade Education and Culture Chamber and Chairman of Hemi Group Jerry Adrian, and Director Li Lun of the Investment Committee of the China Software Industry Association participated throughout, jointly promoting the project's implementation in Sri Lanka.

Visit to DIMO Group Signing Strategic Cooperation Agreement to Seek New Chapter in Industry-Finance Coordination

On January 14, the delegation first visited Sri Lanka's diversified leading enterprise DIMO PLC and held a special strategic cooperation meeting with Group Chairman Ranjith Pandithage, CFO Suresh Gooneratne, Water Treatment Sector Head Chaminda Ranawana, and Agriculture Sector Head Priyanga Dematawa. Both parties, based on their respective industrial advantages, exchanged in-depth opinions on key areas such as the promotion of agricultural mechanization, the assurance of high-quality agricultural supply chains, and the expansion of cross-border agricultural trade, reaching multiple strategic consensuses and signing a strategic cooperation agreement on-site, officially opening a new chapter of comprehensive collaborative cooperation.

DIMO Group's business covers ten core areas including agriculture and automobiles, and its full industrial chain layout is highly compatible with FDD's existing business system. This cooperation will fully integrate FDD's industrial internet resources and cross-border supply chain operation capabilities with DIMO's local channels and resource advantages in the Sri Lankan and South Asian markets, achieving efficient coordination in all aspects of agricultural supply, agricultural services, and agricultural product circulation. Both parties will focus on promoting the construction of a cross-border supply chain system for specialty agricultural products such as coconut oil and coconut powder, opening up new space for FDD to deepen the South Asian market and build a regional industrial ecosystem.

Visit to Premium International Company Opening New Channel for Two-way Trade of Agricultural Products between China and Sri Lanka

On the same day, the FDD delegation visited Premium International Company, focusing on core topics such as the two-way circulation of specialty agricultural products, and conducted special negotiations with the company's head Prasantha Kularatna. Both parties, based on the complementary characteristics of the industries in China and Sri Lanka, clarified the two-way trade cooperation path of "going out and bringing in," effectively opening a new channel for China-Sri Lanka trade interconnection. On one hand, leveraging FDD's mature domestic sales network and full-chain supply chain system, high-quality specialty agricultural products such as Sri Lankan pepper, coconut water, and coconut oil will be introduced into the Chinese market, enriching domestic consumer categories and supply scenarios; on the other hand, promoting the precise docking of China's high-quality agricultural products and agricultural technology equipment with Sri Lanka's agricultural development needs, assisting in the upgrade of local agricultural capacity, achieving efficient bilateral resource interconnection and value sharing.

On January 15, the delegation conducted a field visit to the Hambantota China-Sri Lanka Industrial Park, thoroughly investigating the park's port storage facilities, logistics transportation network, and location radiation advantages, and held in-depth consultations with park officials on key topics such as cross-border logistics coordination, storage base construction, and integrated supply chain services. As an important carrier of pragmatic cooperation between China and Sri Lanka under the "Belt and Road" initiative, the Hambantota Industrial Park has unique logistics hub conditions and is a core node for opening up the South Asian regional supply chain and radiating surrounding markets.

The FDD team, combining its mature experience in cross-border supply chain operations, proposed constructive ideas for the integration of park logistics resources and supply chain digital management. Both parties reached a preliminary cooperation intention to jointly build a regional supply chain base within the park and improve the agricultural supply and agricultural product storage and logistics support system, laying an important foundation for the subsequent efficient circulation of China-Sri Lanka cross-border trade, reducing logistics costs, and enhancing supply chain response speed, assisting the implementation and effectiveness of the "Belt and Road" logistics hub construction.

On January 16, the FDD delegation held talks with Hanif Yusoof, Presidential Advisor and Governor of the Western Province at the Sri Lankan Presidential Palace. Hanif Yusoof warmly welcomed the delegation's visit and provided a detailed introduction to Sri Lanka's current economic development, industrial support policies, and international cooperation priorities. IBI Vice President and FDD CEO Yin Haifeng stated: "The company is committed to promoting the modernization transformation of industrial and supply chains through industrial internet and digital technology, and looks forward to pragmatic cooperation with Sri Lanka in areas such as industrial upgrading and economic and trade cooperation, jointly exploring new development opportunities." Hanif Yusoof highly praised FDD's professional capabilities and cooperation vision and clearly promised to actively assist in establishing an efficient government-enterprise communication mechanism, providing comprehensive support for the smooth advancement of subsequent cooperation between the two parties.

Visit to the Sri Lankan Ministry of Agriculture to Discuss Agricultural Modernization Cooperation

Subsequently, the delegation held a special meeting with Hon. Minister K. D. Lalkantha, Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Land, and Irrigation of Sri Lanka. The Minister clearly stated that he has received relevant instructions from the Presidential Palace and will fully coordinate government resources to comprehensively support deep cooperation between Chinese enterprises and Sri Lanka in the agricultural field, focusing on practical measures such as the introduction of agricultural supplies, promotion of agricultural technology, and the connection of agricultural product production and sales, using the power of government-enterprise collaboration to jointly promote the modernization process of Sri Lankan agriculture, fully demonstrating the high importance and firm determination of the Sri Lankan government in cooperating with FDD.

On the same day, the delegation was warmly received by the Sri Lankan Economic Development Bureau and Hon. Minister Sunil Handunneththi, Minister of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development. Both parties exchanged in-depth opinions on core topics such as industrial transformation, entrepreneurship ecosystem cultivation, and empowering traditional industries with industrial internet, focusing on the integration points between FDD's mature experience in industrial digitalization and supply chain collaborative management and Sri Lanka's industrial development needs, especially on the construction of cross-border industrial parks and the layout path of overseas warehouse networks.

During the talks, Yin Haifeng detailed the "1750 Development Strategy" upheld by IBI and FDD, as well as the practical achievements in laying out overseas warehouses and building cross-border service systems in regions such as Southeast Asia, Central Asia, and the Middle East. The Sri Lankan side highly recognized FDD's model of reconstructing the industrial chain and enhancing industrial operation efficiency through digital means, and looks forward to leveraging FDD's platform advantages and technical experience to promote the digital upgrade of local core industries such as agriculture and industry. Both parties reached a preliminary consensus on subsequent industrial innovation cooperation and the joint construction of a digital cooperation platform, jointly discussing new paths for industrial upgrading.

On January 18, the delegation held a special meeting with Vidullanka PLC, a listed company in Sri Lanka, focusing on deep exploration of cooperation in the green energy field. Both parties exchanged cooperation ideas on topics such as the development and utilization of renewable energy like solar and wind energy, collaborative operation of energy projects, and the integration of green agriculture and new energy development, actively seeking green collaborative opportunities that align with both parties' development strategies, taking practical actions to implement sustainable development concepts, and assisting in the rooting and flourishing of China-Sri Lanka green low-carbon cooperation.

Attending the China-Sri Lanka Agricultural Technology Exchange Week Integrating into the International Green Agriculture Cooperation Network to Share Innovation Achievements

On January 19, the FDD team was invited to attend the 6th International Green Plant Protection Innovation Conference and China-Sri Lanka Agricultural Technology and Cultural Exchange Week. This event, hosted by the China Pesticide Association, is an important platform for China-Sri Lanka agricultural technology exchange and international cooperation. During the event, the FDD team engaged in deep exchanges with agricultural experts and enterprise representatives from around the world on green plant protection technology and sustainable agricultural supply application experience, precisely connecting international high-quality resources, further integrating into the international green agriculture cooperation network, sharing industry innovation achievements, while strengthening its international voice and influence in the field of green agriculture and sustainable agricultural supplies.

This visit to Sri Lanka is an important practice for FDD in implementing the "Belt and Road" initiative and advancing its global strategic layout. It not only successfully established a direct and efficient cooperation connection mechanism with local government institutions and core enterprises but also constructed a diversified cooperation framework in multiple fields such as agriculture, energy, and logistics, achieving a steady advancement from strategic docking to pragmatic cooperation.

In the future, FDD will continue to rely on the resource advantages and technical capabilities of the IBI industrial internet platform to deepen the integration and collaborative cooperation of industrial chains with countries along the "Belt and Road." On one hand, it will promote the "going out" of China's high-quality agricultural supplies, agricultural technology, and services, empowering the agricultural modernization development of countries along the route; on the other hand, it will "bring in" overseas high-quality specialty resources, enriching domestic market supply, ultimately constructing an efficient, transparent, and win-win global agricultural industrial ecosystem, continuously injecting new momentum into China-Sri Lanka bilateral economic and trade cooperation, and contributing industrial strength to the high-quality development of the "Belt and Road."