Auto China 2024 in Beijing: Omar Moro in search of the city of Tangier Tech

Omar Moro, President of Tangier Tétouan Al Hoceima Region, at the 18th edition of the Beijing International Automobile Exhibition, Auto China 2024. Credit: Tangier Tétouan Al Hoceima Region

Omar Moro, President of Tangier Tetouan Al Hoceima Region, participated in the 18th edition of the International Automobile Exhibition taking place from April 25 to 27, 2024 in Beijing, known as Auto China 2024.

Over the years, Auto China has attracted significant attention and active participation from both domestic and international automakers, parts suppliers and various sectors of society, it said.

Under the theme ‘Driving to Smart Mobility’, this edition symbolizes the future of intelligent mobility. This edition presents 117 world premieres, including 30 from multinationals, as well as 41 concept cars, and welcomes 278 NEV models to the stage, the press release underlines.

Moro was accompanied by the delegation of the Société d’Amengement Tanger Tech, responsible for the development and operation of the Cité Mohamed VI Tanger Tech. The city also benefits from the support of Bank of Africa, the Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region and finally the Chinese group CCCC/CRBC.

Omar Moro, President of Tangier Tetouan Al Hoceima Region, at the 18th edition of the Beijing International Automobile Exhibition, Auto China 2024. Credit: Tangier Tetouan Al Hoceima Region.

This strategic partnership has already paid off, with eight installations in the Tangier Tech Free Zone, as we exclusively revealed in a previous Datadesk.

In detail, in 2023 alone, seven foreign investors have set their sights on the Mohammed VI city of Tangier Tech. The first, announced by us in March 2023, is Chinese: it is the Sentury Tire Group, On finds Also the American equipment manufacturer Aptiv wants to invest 450 million dirhams (MDH) in Tangier Tech. Still among the Chinese, we will remember XEV’s choice to build its future electric car at Tangier Tech. thereafter BTR New Material, part of the gigafactory ecosystem and specialized in cathode and anode transformation.

With a Chinese partner, TangerTech welcomee also a Taiwanese investor: Froch Enterprise, specialized in the manufacture of metal pipes, and SRG Mining, led in particular by the Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris, which is currently being founded at Tanger Tech, to start processing graphite, intended for export and the gigafactory industry.

Last March we revealed that an eighth player is preparing its installation in Tangier Tech’s industrial acceleration zone. This is China’s Hunan Zhongke Shinzoom Technology, owned by the Zhongke Electric group and considered one of the three world leaders in the production of lithium battery anodes (LFP).