Côte d'Ivoire was present at Intertextile Shanghai 2026. A productive presence, because the country has signed conventions and Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with several Chinese economic operators. The agreement was initialed on the Chinese side by Lang Penggcheng, Executive Vice-President of the Textile Industry Sub-Committee of the Chinese Council for the Promotion of Industry and Trade (CCPIT-TEX), in the presence of Jérôme Kouassi Ehui, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Cotton, Cashew and Shea Council (CCA-K), and Solange Amichia, Director General of the Center for the Promotion of Investments in Côte d'Ivoire (CEPICI). It aims to increase trade, mobilize structuring investments and organize technology transfers to locally process Ivorian cotton.

Beyond the protocol, the Ivorian delegation, supported by the Ambassador of Côte d'Ivoire to China Abou Dosso, increased direct exchanges with textile manufacturers. A Malaysian company and an Italian company notably discussed with CEPICI the prospects for establishing and building integrated value chains, from spinning to manufacturing. The objective being to attract the latest generation industrial units and accelerate the transfer of skills, in line with the National Development Plan 2026-2030.

A sign that Shanghai was only a step, the organizers of Intertextile intend to make available to CEPICI the database of investors present at the forum.A monitoring tool which should make it possible to transform the contacts made into concrete projects, while a Côte d'Ivoire-China Economic Forum has already been announced in Abidjan in November.