China’s central Hunan Province is targeting nearly $12 billion in trade with Africa by 2028, with mining and modern agriculture among the key sectors expected to drive the expansion.
Under a new three-year action plan, Hunan aims to increase trade with African countries to 80 billion yuan ($11.86 billion) by 2028, up from 58 billion yuan in 2025.
The plan focuses on 12 African countries and seeks to develop production partnerships, investment projects and new economic cooperation platforms.
Modern agriculture will be a major focus, with Hunan planning to establish integrated agricultural machinery production, sales and service centres in Africa. The province also intends to expand exports of agricultural equipment while increasing imports of African agricultural products.
Mining is another priority. Hunan plans to strengthen support for mining projects, increase resource shipments to China, expand mining equipment exports and explore investment in mineral exploration.
The strategy comes as China-Africa trade continues to grow. Chinese trade with Africa reached 1.66 trillion yuan in the first seven months of 2026, an 18.9% increase year on year.
The initiative highlights growing opportunities for African agriculture and mining as Chinese companies expand investment, technology transfer and trade partnerships across the continent.