Majoring in international trade, Frank Gao, since graduation, has been closely involved with selling agricultural tools in Africa.
China has agreed to a group of energy deals worth $20 billion (17.9 billion euros, £15.4 billion) with economies participating in the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, which ended in Beijing on May 15, according to the head of China National Petroleum Corp, the country's biggest oil and gas company.
"Many of these opportunities come from these markets' growing demand for subway projects, water conservation, railways, highways and underground crossings."
China and Germany are speeding up cooperation in the artificial intelligence sector, with the first joint AI application demonstration center launched in Beijing.
Large harvests of Chinese crops planted in Africa have raised hopes on the continent of greater grain yields to combat food shortages, Chinese scientists say.
Hungary will deepen cooperation with China in the financial sector by jointly establishing more investment funds, says its minister of foreign affairs and trade.
The operations in China of a new joint venture - involving heat technology and hot water products - will help expand the market presence of Robert Bosch GmbH on the mainland, a senior executive of the German group says.
China's biggest memory-foam manufacturer, Mlily, and rival mattress maker King Koil China are set to go head-to-head in the auction for one of the United Kingdom's biggest bed retailers, Dreams, with bids expected in the range of £400 million ($517 million; 464.9 million euros), according to media reports.
China's biggest server maker, Inspur Group Co Ltd, aims to increase the contribution of its overseas revenue stream to 40 percent of its total sales by 2020 as it scrambles to tap into opportunities brought by the Belt and Road Initiative.
Hong Kong-listed Tencent Holdings Ltd has doubled down on game studio Pocket Gems Inc with a fresh $90 million investment, increasing its stake from roughly 20 percent since 2015 to 38 percent.
Cheniere Energy is looking to channel some more energy into China.