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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
TIANJIN, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) — Temurzoda Amirhamza, a young man from Tajikistan who just completed a four-month Chinese language course at Tianjin University, is currently applying for a work visa to China. He wants to learn international trade processes in practice to lay the foundation for setting up his own transnational trading company after returning to his homeland.
Temurzoda Amirkhamza, 24, is from Dangara, a city in Tajikistan’s Khatlon region located about 100 km from the capital Dushanbe. In recent years, thanks to China’s Belt and Road Initiative, the city has become a key hub for trade and economic cooperation between China and Tajikistan.
In 2014, the Tajik agricultural and textile industrial park “Juntai Dangara Xin Xilu Textile” was established in Dangara with investments from a Chinese enterprise, which is still one of the largest textile industrial parks in Central Asia with the most complete production chains – from cotton growing, yarn spinning and weaving to dyeing and manufacturing of finished garments.
The creation of this industrial park not only stimulates the development of the local economy, but also allowed young people like Temurzoda Amirkhamza to clearly experience the benefits of expanding trade and economic cooperation with China.
“When I saw more and more Chinese companies investing in my hometown and building industrial parks, I realized that economic cooperation not only creates jobs but also has a profound impact on the development of the region,” says Temurzoda Amirkhamza. This understanding prompted him to enroll in Finance and Economics at the Tajik National University after finishing school.
During his studies, Temurzoda Amirkhamza keenly grasped the huge potential of Chinese goods in the Tajik market. “Chinese smart watches, smartphones and other technological products are distinguished by good quality and affordable prices, so they are very popular among Tajik youth,” he notes.
He bought products on the Alibaba platform and then sold them on Instagram. At first, his monthly profit was just over $300, but quickly grew to $1,000. In just two years, his Instagram account had more than 40,000 subscribers, who gradually turned into regular customers.
As the business expanded, in his third year of university he registered a trading company, creating his own brand, and formed a professional team to work in areas such as procurement, logistics, warehousing and IT operations.
In recent years, China and Tajikistan, as members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), have seen a steady increase in trade and economic activity between them. According to statistics, China has been the largest source of investment and an important trading partner for Tajikistan for many years. In 2023, bilateral trade volume increased by 53.5 percent year-on-year to $3.926 billion, setting a historical record. At the same time, more and more Tajik youth, seeing the potential of the Chinese market, are heading to China to study the language, economics, and trade to prepare for their future careers.
In April 2023, Temurzoda Amirhamza came to China for the first time to deepen his knowledge in business by enrolling in the Master of Business Administration (MBA) program at Shanxi University of Finance and Economics. And to gain a deeper understanding of the Chinese market and master the language, he began studying Chinese at Tianjin University in March 2025.
In addition, he independently paid for online courses, where he systematically studied the business processes of conducting cross-border trade in China, company registration procedures, customs declarations for import-export operations, as well as taxation and financial issues.
Temurzoda Amirkhamza hopes to take advantage of the opportunity of the upcoming SCO summit to actively identify new promising areas for the development of trade and economic ties and continue to deepen his knowledge in the field of Chinese culture, economics and the market.
“China has opened a new world for me, full of opportunities. The Chinese market is huge and promising. And I want to bring more Chinese goods to Tajikistan, and also help branded Tajik products enter the Chinese market, becoming an envoy of the new Silk Road,” said Temurzoda Amirkhamza, who plans to create a company focused on trade between China and Tajikistan in the future. -0-
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