埃塞俄比亚咖啡体验中心在北京落地运营Ethiopian Coffee Experience Center is now operational in Beijing
7月10日，埃塞俄比亚咖啡体验中心在北京西站希尔顿花园酒店正式揭牌成立。项目依托共建“一带一路”高质量发展与金砖国家合作机制，以咖啡产业为纽带，搭建中国与埃塞俄比亚经贸互通、文明互鉴的民间交流实体平台。
《大使会客厅》创始人、埃塞俄比亚咖啡体验中心理事长刘元印在致辞中介绍，埃塞俄比亚是阿拉比卡咖啡发源地，也是共建“一带一路”、金砖国家合作框架中的重要非洲伙伴。体验中心打通埃塞俄比亚精品咖啡源头直供链路，搭建常态化产业对接与文化展示平台，推动两国特色农产品双向流通。咖啡体验中心落地运营将切实惠及两国民众，带来实实在在的民生红利。对外拓宽埃塞咖农稳定外销渠道，有效提高农户收入；对内去除多层中间分销环节，让国内消费者平价买到地道原产地精品咖啡。除此之外，项目还将拉动两国咖啡贸易、文旅服务领域就业增长，让中埃塞双方共享产业合作带来的民生利好。
埃塞俄比亚联邦民主共和国驻华大使馆副大使阿齐扎·格莱塔博士（Dr.Aziza Geleta）表示，中国与埃塞俄比亚为全天候战略伙伴，咖啡是双边民生贸易、人文往来的核心载体，驻华大使馆将持续赋能咖啡体验中心运营，夯实两国民心相通根基。
作为中埃塞民间外交与经贸互通核心载体，该体验中心深度融合“埃塞俄比亚全产业链优品展示、中外政企外事商务对接、东非咖啡沉浸式文化体验”三大核心功能板块，以咖啡为纽带搭建中非双向交流新平台。下一步，运营方将以北京体验中心为样板向全国复制布局，持续丰富“一带一路”中非民间合作场景，推动中埃塞经贸文化交流提质增效。（北京日报客户端）
On July 10th, the Ethiopian Coffee Experience Center was officially unveiled and established at the Hilton Garden Inn Beijing West Station. The project relies on the high-quality development of the "the Belt and Road" and the BRICS cooperation mechanism, and takes the coffee industry as the link to build a private exchange entity platform for economic and trade exchanges and mutual learning of civilizations between China and Ethiopia.
Liu Yuanyin, the founder of the Ambassador Reception Hall and the president of the Ethiopian Coffee Experience Center, introduced in his speech that Ethiopia is the birthplace of Arabica coffee and an important African partner in the cooperation framework of the "the Belt and Road" and BRICS countries. The experience center connects the direct supply chain of high-quality coffee from Ethiopia, builds a normalized industry docking and cultural display platform, and promotes the two-way circulation of characteristic agricultural products between the two countries. The landing and operation of the coffee experience center will benefit the people of both countries and bring tangible benefits to their livelihoods. Expand stable export channels for Ethiopian coffee farmers to effectively increase their income; Remove multiple layers of intermediate distribution links internally, allowing domestic consumers to buy authentic premium coffee from the country of origin at an affordable price. In addition, the project will also drive employment growth in coffee trade and cultural tourism services between the two countries, allowing China and Ethiopia to share the benefits of industrial cooperation for people's livelihoods.
Dr. Aziza Geleta, Deputy Ambassador of the Embassy of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia in China, stated that China and Ethiopia are all-weather strategic partners, and coffee is the core carrier of bilateral livelihood trade and cultural exchanges. The Embassy in China will continue to empower the operation of the Coffee Experience Center and consolidate the foundation of people to people communication between the two countries.
As a core carrier of people to people diplomacy and economic and trade exchanges between China and Ethiopia, this experience center deeply integrates three core functional modules: "showcasing high-quality products from the entire Ethiopian industry chain, connecting Chinese and foreign government and enterprise foreign affairs and business, and providing immersive cultural experiences of East African coffee". With coffee as a link, it builds a new platform for two-way exchanges between China and Africa. Next, the operator will take the Beijing Experience Center as a model to replicate the layout nationwide, continue to enrich the "the Belt and Road" China Africa non-governmental cooperation scene, and promote the quality and efficiency of China Ethiopia economic, trade and cultural exchanges. (Beijing Daily Client)