Take any advantage you can get.
If they have a government requirement to buy from you because you're female and young, then great. However, if you think that's an appeal, and it's not required, then it likely won't turn out the way you think it will.
Do your best to play that card, but at the same time prepare for all the other potential scenarios through cold calling/networking/emailing, etc.
However, from what it sounds like, you're 99% still in "wantrepreneur" mode. You don't have a product yet. Don't know how you're going to supply it. Yet you're asking questions as if you were already in sales mode.
I would concentrate first on figuring out what product you're going to source, what your costs will be, and at what price you'll be able to sell it. To do that, you can use your "I'm a young girl trying to start a business" background to schedule meetings with decision makers at different companies. Send emails. Tell them what you're trying to start. Ask them if you could meet with them for 15 minutes to pick their brain (if they say yes, expect a lot more than 15 minutes). Ask all the questions you have. Change your mindset. Go back home. Reach out to the Chinese/international suppliers. Get some feedback there. Then re-approach the individuals that helped you with either a second set of questions or a solution. Once you figure out a solution, ask them if they'd buy it. How much they'd pay. What kind of quantity they go through in a month. And have them at a minimum give you a verbal commitment to work with you.
If they have a government requirement to buy from you because you're female and young, then great. However, if you think that's an appeal, and it's not required, then it likely won't turn out the way you think it will.
Do your best to play that card, but at the same time prepare for all the other potential scenarios through cold calling/networking/emailing, etc.
However, from what it sounds like, you're 99% still in "wantrepreneur" mode. You don't have a product yet. Don't know how you're going to supply it. Yet you're asking questions as if you were already in sales mode.
I would concentrate first on figuring out what product you're going to source, what your costs will be, and at what price you'll be able to sell it. To do that, you can use your "I'm a young girl trying to start a business" background to schedule meetings with decision makers at different companies. Send emails. Tell them what you're trying to start. Ask them if you could meet with them for 15 minutes to pick their brain (if they say yes, expect a lot more than 15 minutes). Ask all the questions you have. Change your mindset. Go back home. Reach out to the Chinese/international suppliers. Get some feedback there. Then re-approach the individuals that helped you with either a second set of questions or a solution. Once you figure out a solution, ask them if they'd buy it. How much they'd pay. What kind of quantity they go through in a month. And have them at a minimum give you a verbal commitment to work with you.