Türkiye’s business council aims for a China-backed technology center, while its chair says the countries agreed to hold their fourth business conference in Beijing in the first half of 2027 as they discuss green-industry projects.
Anadolu Agency reported Monday that the Istanbul forum was co-organized by Türkiye’s Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEIK) and the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT). Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz and Chinese Vice President Han Zheng attended, alongside senior officials and business representatives. Anadolu Agency’s Nov. 5 preview said the forum coincided with 55 years of diplomatic ties between the countries.
The forum followed Yilmaz’s call for more balanced and sustainable economic ties with China after his Istanbul meeting with Han. EconoTimes’ earlier coverage said their talks also included tourism, connectivity, science and technology, and defense.
Aydin Mistacoglu, who heads DEIK’s Türkiye-China Business Council, said his group wants CCPIT support for a Türkiye-China Technology and Innovation Center. He said companies could use it to pursue technical projects together and organize investment over time.
Mistacoglu named renewable energy, energy storage, electric mobility and low-carbon industry as areas for potential joint work.
DEIK President Nail Olpak said Türkiye’s proximity to Europe and its position in the Customs Union could help it host production for export. He said Chinese green-technology expertise could complement those advantages.
Olpak connected a more balanced trading relationship with sustainability, pointing to investment from China in high technology and Turkish incentives as possible contributors. He also said the Turkish side aimed to play an active role in filling containers for return trips along the Middle Corridor.
Anadolu Agency said the forum’s panels addressed green-energy and low-carbon industry supply chains, trade balance along the Middle Corridor and industrial transformation. Business-to-business meetings followed.
Mistacoglu said the sides agreed to hold their fourth business conference in Beijing in the first half of 2027, with CCPIT as host.
