Lahore, October 21, 2021 (PPI-OT):Mr. Wang Zihaai, President Pakistan China Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCJCCI) attended 130th session of China’s most popular Import and Export Fair “the Canton Fair” today and discussed venues for exportable products of Pakistan. Mr. Ehsan Choudhry Senior Vice President PCJCCI, Mr. Sarfaraz Butt, Vice President PCJCCI and Mr. Salahuddin Hanif, Secretary General PCJCCI and executive committee members of PCJCCI managed their participation on line to supplement the effort of Mr. Wang Zihai, who apprised the international business community about the huge potential of Pakistan for supplying “Halal Food” in the world market. He said that the world’s consumers including Chinese population had turned towards Halal Food in view of the Pandemic of Corona.
He informed that large number of companies from different countries including Pakistan have made the physical presence in this mega fair. This year’s fair attracted over 7,800 businesses to take part in its offline exhibitions, with the online participation of over 26,000 business houses and buyers.
President PCJCCI stressed to renew China’s pledge to work with other nations in upholding true multilateralism and promoting the development of a high-level open world economy. He further encouraged to develop Canton Fair into a key platform for the nation to promote across-the-board opening-up and high-quality growth of international trade. He added that the fair was first held 65 years ago, for making important contributions to serving international trade, promoting domestic and international connectivity and spurring economic growth.
Mr. Ehsan Choudhry, Senior Vice President PCJCCI expressed his views by saying that there is a dire need to uphold openness and cooperation to jointly promote economic recovery of both China and Pakistan. We should encourage free trade, enhance policy coordination, bolster the production and supply of bulk commodities and key components, ensure smooth international logistics and safeguard the smooth and steady functioning of global industry, he said.
Mr. Safaris Butt, Vice President PCJCCI said that China and Pakistan’s friendship and unity is capable enough of achieving the goals and completing the tasks set for this year, with the nation’s economic growth showing strong resilience and vitality. He further added that together we can accelerate the innovative growth of the foreign trade sector and establish a group of new pilot zones for cross-border e-commerce.
Mr. Salahuddin Hanif, Secretary General PCJCCI said that the Canton Fair is not only instrumental in the growth of Pak-China business, but is also an important tool for promoting their exports to the other international markets. fair is of greater significance this year, as it comes when the nation needs to strengthen interaction with the rest of the world to jointly stabilize and optimize global supply chains, while pushing forward innovation to revamp domestic economic development toward a greener and more low-carbon pathway.
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