Morocco rolls out the red carpet for Chinese tourists . After the visit of President Xi Jinping, relations between Rabat and Beijing are warming up, paving the way for increased collaboration, particularly in the tourism sector. The objective? To attract half a million Chinese visitors within three to four years, as revealed by the Moroccan ambassador to China, Abdelkader El Ansari.
A Chinese medical delegation will soon be in Essaouira for a two-year mission. Composed of 11 specialist doctors, this team will put its expertise at the service of the health centers in the Moroccan city in order to improve the quality of care provided to the local population.
Chinese President Xi Jinping made a quick stopover in Morocco after participating in the latest G20 in Brazil. A lightning visit during which he reaffirmed his country’s commitment to strengthening its cooperation with the kingdom.
Morocco has just awarded the Chinese company Covec the contract for the modernization of the Kénitra-Marrakech high-speed line, worth 1.3 billion dirhams. The Chinese construction giant had already been selected in 2016 to carry out civil engineering work during the first phase of this mega-project.
China is sharpening its interest in the Moroccan Sahara. The Asian giant would like to make significant investments in the southern provinces and could even open a consulate in Laayoune.
France is less and less the preferred destination for Moroccan students, who now prefer Germany, Spain and even China.
The Chinese group Gotion High-Tech has officially launched the work on its electric vehicle battery Gigafactory in Morocco, the first in Africa and the Middle East.
Faced with its inability to crush Chinese competition and that of slightly more premium brands with a much wider range like Zara Home, a Turkish brand is forced to leave Morocco after only five years of activity.
France remains Morocco’s leading economic and financial partner despite growing competition, particularly from non-European players like China and the United States. And the upcoming visit of French President Emmanuel Macron to Morocco will certainly give a boost to trade between the two countries.
The National Railway Office (ONCF) has just awarded the second civil engineering lot for the extension of the High-Speed Line between Casablanca and Marrakech to the Chinese company Shandong Hi-Speed for an amount of four billion dirhams.
An association in Nador strongly condemns the behavior of a manager of the Chinese company operating the iron mines in the city, who filed a complaint with the Royal Gendarmerie against a worker who allegedly attacked some Chinese.
Several foreign groups are fiercely competing to win the international tender recently launched by the National Railway Office (ONCF) for the acquisition of 168 trains, including 18 high-speed trains, to modernize its fleet and the rail network in Morocco by 2030.