South Asia Business Council meeting to be held in Sri Lanka

South Asia Business Council Meeting is scheduled to be held in Negombo, Sri Lanka. SAARC Chamber of Commerce & Industry as a collaborative partner to China-South Asia Business Forum (CSABF), with China Council for Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT-Yunnan) jointly organized a Council meeting of 15th China-South Asia Business Forum (CSABF) in Negambo, Sri Lanka.

The objective of the meeting is to seek valuable input from members for a meaningful and productive 15th China South Asia Business Forum and to discuss the Rotating Chair Country for CSABF 2020, the theme, invites and cooperation mechanism for CSABF 2020. Furthermore, the meeting comprises various sessions that focuses on Strengthening China - South Asia Cooperation under Belt & Road Initiative. The SAARC CCI Vice Presidents and National Chambers leaders are invited to attend the meeting.

The meeting will be chaired by Ruwan Edirisinghe, President, SAARC CCI; Chandi Raj Dhakal, VP, Nepal and Dr Rohita Silva, VP, Sri Lanka, will also participate in said meeting. Iftikhar Ali Malik, Snr VP, SAARC CCI, Daru Khan, President, FPCCI, Zubair A Malik, EC Member and Zulfiqar Butt, Acting Secretary General, SAARC CCI left for Ceylon to participate in the said meeting.

CSABF is the first-ever cooperation mechanism established for regional economic cooperation between Chinese and SAARC industrial and commercial circles in 2005.

The China - South Asia Business Council Meeting (CSABCM) was successfully concluded in Negombo, Sri Lanka, organized by SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SAARC CCI), being a collaborative partner to China South Asia Business Forum (CSABF), scheduled to be held in June, 2020 in Kunming, China. The meeting was held in partnership with China Council for Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) Yunnan Sub Council and Federation of Chambers of Commerce & Industry in Sri Lanka.

During the preparatory meeting, the delegates mainly focused on the theme of 15th CSABF, key priorities, implementation and institutional mechanisms for policy effectiveness, briefing on the 6th China-South Asia Expo, and path for launching China-South Asia Enterprise Cooperation Database. The delegates also agreed upon a theme for 15th CSABF, "Sharing Prosperity through Industrialization in South Asia".

Arundika Fernando, Minister of Tourism Development, Sri Lanka, graced the occasion as the chief guest of the meeting. Riaz Hamidullah High Commissioner of Bangladesh, Balakrishna Bandari Third Secretary Embassy of Nepal, Ruwan Edirisinghe President SAARC CCI, Macky Hashim Past President SAARC CCI, Iftikhar Ali Malik Senior Vice President SAARC CCI, Hao Yishan Vice Chairman CCPIT Yunnan Sub-Council, He Tao Director Foreign Agency Service Division, Foreign Affairs Office of the People's Government of Yunnan Province, Zhou Wanchun, President of International Sales & Marketing, Presidents and Vice Presidents of National Chambers of South Asian countries, Government Officials, and Business Leaders from China and South Asian countries (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka) took part at the meeting.-PR