Life and Work Changes of African Businessmen Who Stayed in Guangzhou Before and after the Epidemic

Abstract

Since the end of the 20th century, African businessmen have gradually moved from Hong Kong to Guangzhou Xiaobei and Guangyuan West Road. However, with the occurrence of the epidemic, due to policy, economic, and social reasons, the commerce and trade in Guangzhou, China and Africa have undergone great changes. Many previous the migration laws and migration patterns of African businessmen in Guangzhou have changed, this paper focuses on the way of maintaining China-Africa after the epidemic and the directions that can be explored in the future. The study found that kinship capital has a crucial influence on African businessmen in Guangzhou, and international students have also become a large part of Africans in Guangzhou. From a macro level, although the China-Africa policy has been strictness, there are still many possibilities for development, and this also provides a new development direction - online cross-border commerce. At the micro level, kinship capital determines and lays the foundation for the work and life of African businessmen in Suzhou. In the future, the China-Africa Business Association will conduct online cross-border commerce and trade through online live streaming, while African businessmen who stay in Guangzhou will build a bridge between China-Africa commerce and trade with their student status and kinship capital.