Uganda–Henan Business Forum Highlights Compliance, Policy Certainty and Bankable Investment Opportunities in Uganda

Uganda–Henan Business Forum Highlights Compliance, Policy Certainty and Bankable Investment Opportunities in Uganda

Henan Province / Beijing, 23 January 2026 — Ugandan and Chinese business leaders convened in Henan Province for a high-level investment and compliance forum that underscored Uganda’s attractiveness as a stable, rules-based, and bankable destination for Chinese enterprises seeking long-term expansion under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).

Delivering the keynote address on new investment opportunities and policy dividends for cross-border expansion, the Counsellor  Mrs  Bernadette Mwesige Ssempa of the Uganda Embassy in Beijing presented Uganda’s Tenfold Export Growth Strategy and ATMS (Agro-Industrialisation, Tourism, Mineral Development, and Science & Technology) priorities, positioning Uganda as a strategic production, processing, and logistics hub with access to the East African Community market of over 300 million consumers and the wider African Continental Free Trade Area.

Henan-based entrepreneurs and experts emphasised that compliance, financial transparency, and legal certainty are now central to successful global expansion. Discussions highlighted the need to integrate legal risk control, finance and tax compliance, and digital tax management systems to ensure sustainable overseas operations for Chinese enterprises operating within BRI frameworks.

Senior legal and arbitration experts underscored the growing importance of international dispute resolution mechanisms, compliance service systems, and predictable regulatory environments in safeguarding Chinese investments abroad, noting that jurisdictions offering policy stability and strong investor protection—such as Uganda—are increasingly preferred destinations.

The launch of new enterprise service platforms and professional committees during the forum reflected Henan Province’s commitment to supporting compliant, well-structured internationalisation of its enterprises, particularly into Uganda and broader African markets.

Uganda welcomed these perspectives and reaffirmed that its investment framework—characterised by political stability, rule of law, competitive incentives, regional market access, and proactive government facilitation—aligns closely with the needs expressed by Chinese entrepreneurs seeking secure and profitable overseas expansion.

The Uganda Embassy in Beijing reiterated its readiness to work with Henan enterprises to translate dialogue into concrete investments, joint ventures, and trade partnerships, anchored in mutual benefit under the Belt and Road Initiative, the Forum on China–Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), and South–South cooperation.