On July 30, 2024, Consul General Jacques Himford was invited to attend the 2024 Zhongshan Global Investment Promotion Conference with officials from various countries stationed in Guangzhou.

The theme of this investment promotion conference is "Imagine new channels and win new opportunities together". It aims to showcase Zhongshan's vast opportunity space and sufficient industrial space, attract more high-quality enterprises to invest and start businesses in Zhongshan, and continue to stimulate the vitality of Zhongshan's high-quality development.

Consul General Jacques Himford said that the investment promotion conference held in Zhongshan this time allowed him to see many new opportunities and business development potential. He hopes that Vanuatu will be able to start business cooperation with Zhongshan in the future. Promote the economic development of both sides, maintain the friendship between the two places, and work together.