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XINHUA-PAKISTAN SERVICE

Pakistani traders seek government’s support to enhance export to ChinaBreaking

June 22, 2018

BEIJING, June 22 (INP): Pakistani traders who have recently participated in Fifth China-South Asia Expo in Kunming said they could enhance export to China, if they get due support from the government’s side. Pakistani side could only generate export orders by adopting a better strategy at the official level, said former President of FPCCI and executive committee member of SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry Zubair Ahmed Malik. Some drastic steps are required at the level of Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP), he aaded. A total of 266 contracts were signed at the Fifth China-South Asia Expo held in Kunming. Deals were concluded in sectors of green energy, green food and tourism, according to the provincial bureau of investment. Former DG TDAP Mir Nasir Abbas said that Expo is very fruitful and it is strengthening the trade bonds between Pakistan and China. He said that Kuming administration made untiring efforts and very good arrangements for expo and providing these stalls free of cost. He suggested that participation of TDAP representative was necessary at the expo for handling the affairs regarding expo. The fifth China-South Asia Expo (CSA Expo) held under the theme integrating into the Belt and Road Initiative, Promoting Win-Win Cooperation in the Dianchi International Convention and Exhibition Center in Kunming, Southwest China’s Yunnan province. The traders from Pakistan, South Asian and South East Asian Countries and representatives of International Organizations attended the weeklong expo. The forum is holding 19 exhibition halls with around 8,500 booths, making it the biggest CSA Expo yet. Pakistan's traders have also established stalls in a pavilion. International contracts were also signed, involving parties from Germany, Japan and the Netherlands, among other countries and regions. More than 3,800 companies from 87 countries and regions are attending the week-long exposition, with over 40 percent of enterprises from overseas. Yunnan is a border province in southwest China and a gateway to Southeast Asia and South Asia. INP/W/AJ