Chambers of commerce members from Limburg, the Netherlands and Aachen, Germany visited Ningbo Ruyi's facilities in China recently.

Company president Chu Jiwang, CEO Zhu Aifen and general manager Liu Qi welcomed the delegation, which also met the leaders of Ninghai County government and local entrepreneurs.

During the meeting, Chu Jiwang, whom Ningbo Ruyi claims is the first Chinese entrepreneur to go overseas for business, shared his experience of contacting foreign merchants over 20 years ago. He offered his impressions of economic differences and cross-cultural communications with non-Chinese business people.

Servé Costongs, managing director of Dutch marketing consultancy C&H Maastricht, who visited the Ninghai production plant, says he is convinced of the company's competency in producing forklifts.

Zhejiang Hangcha Engineering Machinery Co Ltd's forklift production line.

Separately, Zhejiang Hangcha Engineering Machinery Co Ltd has received the National Import & Export Quality Integrity Enterprise award at the Chinese import and export quality integrity enterprise meeting in Hangzhou.

Zhejiang Hangcha has built up a sales and service network consisting of over 140 national dealers and 70 overseas dealers. It claims its products are now used in over 130 countries.