Pakistan China Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCJCCI) and Custom Syndicate are jointly organising a high profile trade delegation and study tour to Kashgar-China by road. The delegation will depart Lahore to Kashgar on 15th of July 2017. The purpose of the delegation is to study the facilities available and opportunities of connecting markets in Western China.
This tour will cover the major cities like Gilgit, Sust (Pak border), Tashkurgan County-(China border) and Kashgar city. The delegates will get the opportunity to discuss the business and trade prospects, exchange information and relish the melodious culture of Kashgar, Xinjiang Autonomous Region of China. President PCJCCI Wang Zihai informed that the tour will assist business leaders from a diverse group of companies to select locations for investment and market development.
The delegation is aimed to link business leaders, researchers and investors of both countries, he added. The tour will enable investors to identify potential organisations to partner and developing successful regional economic strategies and support regionally vital businesses, he added.
Wang Zihai identified that the multi-billion dollar's CPEC project starts from Kashgar and on other side ends at Gwadar thus covers the whole Pakistan. He said that Lahore, being in the centre of CPEC routes, acts as a major node that is open to the opportunities to attract Chinese businessmen and investors. Muhammad Anwar, CEO Custom Syndicate, told that this high-level trade delegation and CPEC route study tour to Kashgar-China will enable the relevant stakeholders understand how to do business with Chinese, what business environments are, what opportunities are available, what are the infrastructure needs and what sort of socio-economic relations need to be developed.
He informed that interaction with business organisations from the public and private sectors of China will open vistas of opportunities for delegates that will ultimately boost cross-border business and trade collaboration.