Leader of delegation and Director General of Linyi Trade City China, Wang Dong, has emphasised that Pakistan must work on non-traditional commodities for trade and export.
Speaking at a meeting of Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI), explaining the role of his organisation and importance of Linyi city he said that it is a city in Shang dong province and it's a new business hub in Southeast of China, the city is also called capital of logistics and has number of exhibition centers, warehouses, retail parks, whole sale markets, manufacturing plants and thousands of companies from China and rest of the world already operating and taking their share.
Wang Dong added that they are already working in Gwadar on a project where they have built an Exhibition Center of 6000 sq. m and a Warehouse of 140,000 sqm.
The project is towards completion and the workforce includes Chinese and Pakistani workers, and the rumours spread that only Chinese have been hired by Chinese companies working on CPEC projects in Gwadar is devoid of truth. Mr. Wang Dong showed his interest in signing MoU with FPCCI for mutual co-operation in trade, investment and increasing import and export between the countries. He also invited the Pakistani businessmen to participate in China (Linyi) International Trade and Logistics Fair (CLITLF) being organised from 23-25 Sep. 2017.
He said that Pakistani products would be in high demand in Chinese markets and also This exhibition and Linyi trade city offers enormous opportunities as thousands of buyers from around the world shall be attending this fair and it could be a window of opportunity for Pakistani products to export not only to China but to take orders from other countries, Dong added.
President FPCCI, Zubair F. Tufail has agreed to visit Linyi Trade City China in July this year along with a delegation from Pakistan and its participation in the Trade Fair in September 2017. The meeting was also attended by Vice President FPCCI and members of Pakistan China Business Council of FPCCI Saqib Fayyaz Magoon, Chairman Pak-China Business Council (PCBC) Zahid Umer, Zafar Saeed, and Former Chairman PCBC Jawed Khalili.