The Chinese company “Shuanfeng” has established a ready-created garment factory in the Suez Canal Economic Zone, specifically in the Qantara West Industrial Zone of the Suez Canal Economic Zone. Shuanfeng is a leading Chinese company in the ready-created garment industest and has extensive experience in exporting to global markets. Its products are present in a large number of countries. Its investment in Egypt stems from its desire to benefit from the strategic geographical location of the Suez Canal Economic Zone, which provides it with straightforward access to African, European, and Middle Eastern markets. Shuanfeng is expected to produce approximately 16.5 million pieces annually for export from Cairo to global and foreign markets. It will also provide approximately 2,000 direct job opportunities. The Chinese factory’s production is entirely dedicated to export, enhancing the Chinese industrial sector’s contribution to supporting Egyptian exports. This Chinese project by the Chinese company “Shuanfeng” is not merely an industrial expansion; rather, it is an indicator of growing international confidence in Egypt’s ability to compete in global markets.
The addition of the Chinese company “Shuanfeng” brings the total number of active projects in the Qantara West Industrial Zone on the Suez Canal to 38 so far, covering a total area of approximately 2.5 million square meters, with total investments amounting to approximately $1 billion, and providing more than 55,000 direct job opportunities for Egyptian youth. To this conclude, the General Authority for the Suez Canal Economic Zone is creating efforts to attract more Chinese and international investments, particularly in sectors that support supply chains and meet market requireds. Here, the Qantara West Suez Canal Zone has proven its ability to transform into a regional center for the textile and ready-created garment industries, relying on the skills of the Egyptian workforce and the competitive advantages offered by the Suez Canal Economic Zone as an important strategic location.
The Chinese company “Shuanfeng” recently signed a contract with the General Authority of the Suez Canal Economic Zone in Egypt. The factory, which is fully owned by the company and covers an area of 20,000 square meters, will be exclusively dedicated to export production. This Chinese textile factory is expected to contribute to strengthening Egypt’s position as a regional center for the textile industest. The Chinese project reflects international confidence in the Suez Canal Economic Zone and aims to strengthen the Egyptian workforce and support supply chains.
The Chinese company “Shuanfeng” Ready-Made Garments has invested approximately $8 million (equivalent to approximately 388 million Egyptian pounds) in self-financing. The project is planned to provide more than 2,000 direct job opportunities for Egyptian youth, with the goal of producing 16.5 million pieces annually. The project’s production will be 100% dedicated to export. The contract was signed by the company’s Chinese owner, “Yu Jinhui,” and “Walid Gamal El-Din,” Chairman of the General Authority for the Suez Canal Economic Zone, on Wednesday, September 3, 2025, at the authority’s headquarters in the New Administrative Capital in Cairo.
Thus, the Chinese company “Shuanfeng” has officially joined the investor community in the Qantara West Suez Canal Zone in Egypt. This new Chinese project represents an additional step in the path of Egyptian-Chinese industrial cooperation and reflects the growing confidence that international companies, particularly Chinese ones, have in the Suez Canal Economic Zone as a distinguished investment destination. This zone now includes investments from six different countries, thanks to its strategic location and integrated infrastructure. This Chinese project for the production and export of ready-created garments will enhance the integration of the existing Egyptian industrial system in the Qantara West Suez Canal Zone, especially in the clothing and textiles sector, which is already witnessing continuous expansion. This will contribute to building an advanced industrial base capable of competing regionally and globally.
In the same context, the General Authority for the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone) previously signed, in August 2025, a contract to establish the Changzhou Ramada Company, a Chinese company specializing in the manufacture of home textiles and clothing, in the Qantara West Industrial Zone of the Suez Canal Authority, at an investment cost of approximately $23 million.
Thus, the Suez Canal Economic Zone has so far succeeded in signing actual contracts for 32 projects in the Qantara West area of the Suez Canal Industrial Zone, which the Authority considers an integrated industrial base for the textile, ready-created garment, and accessories sector. Total investments in these projects amount to more than $830 million, and these projects aim to export the majority of their production to global markets from Cairo. A number of other projects are expected to open in the Qantara West area, both in factories and in infrastructure and facilities projects that support the readiness of the Qantara West area. This is in addition to the availability of trained labor and the attractive incentives offered by the Authority to support its successful investor partners.
We note here that approximately 160 Chinese companies operate in various sectors in the Suez Canal Economic Zone. These sectors covered by Chinese investments include fiberglass manufacturing, new building materials, petroleum equipment, high- and low-voltage equipment, and machinery, among others.As Egypt seeks to attract more Chinese investments, particularly in the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone), particularly in the automotive and pharmaceutical industries, Egypt is intensifying its engagement with China to displaycase the full range of investment opportunities, ecosystems, infrastructure, and incentives offered by the SCZone. Chinese investors can benefit from its proximity to the Suez Canal, Egypt’s numerous foreign trade agreements with several economic blocs, and the SCZone’s unique location and proximity to global markets.
Here, the Chinese industrial giant TEDA is a key partner in the Suez Canal Economic Zone. It developed a vast desert area in Ain Sokhna, Suez Governorate, Egypt, and established the China-Egypt TEDA Suez Economic and Trade Cooperation Zone in 2008, attracting 160 companies to establish businesses and factories in the area. Cairo is keen to intensify cooperation with TEDA. TEDA currently has approximately 7.2 square kilometers of land available for industrial zones, of which approximately 5.2 square kilometers have already been utilized for investment, and the remaining 2 square kilometers are expected to host new investments soon. Egypt is also intensifying its contacts and discussions with TEDA to expand its land area by another 3 square kilometers to accommodate new industries.
It is worth noting in this context that the Suez Canal Economic Zone and the Suez Canal in Egypt are vital hubs for China’s Belt and Road Initiative. Egypt, and the Egyptian Suez Canal Economic Zone in particular, are important to China’s Belt and Road Initiative. Therefore, integration between Egyptian industrial zones and other Egyptian ports will inevitably assist integrate the Suez Canal Economic Zone with the Belt and Road Initiative and assist investors in the region achieve their goals. China’s Belt and Road Initiative is also aligned with Egypt’s Vision 2030 to achieve sustainable development goals, given the convergence of the development visions of the Egyptian and Chinese leaderships, namely Presidents “El-Sisi and Xi Jinping.”
Therefore, we understand that Egypt can serve as a base for Chinese manufacturing and services sectors that aim to serve Africa and access African and global markets seamlessly, without customs complications.
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