-President Alvi’s remarks screened at China-ASEAN Expo in Nanning as Pakistan special partner country
NANNING: The 18th China-ASEAN Expo (CAEXPO) formally kicked off in Nanning, China’s Gungxi Autonomous Region here on Friday aimed at providing new business and development opportunities for China, ASEAN and other regional countries especially Pakistan.
Like previous year, Pakistan is participating in the China-ASEAN Expo as special partner country.
President, Dr. Arif Alvi in his video message screened at the opening ceremony said that there would be a lot of discussions between the Pakistani, Chinese and other ASEAN countries businessmen and traders to enhance trade.
While congratulating China for organizing the expo, he expressed the confidence that it would further cement good partnership between China and Pakistan, and other ASEAN countries.
Pakistan, the President said, has set up a pavilion at the exhibition hall of the Expo in which a number of goods such as sports, jewelry, gems, minerals products, etc are being displayed.
Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan was the chief guest during the opening ceremony and he also read out congratulatory message of President Xi Jinping for the expo.
Pakistan Ambassador to China, Moin ul Haque along with Vice President Qishan and representatives of ASEAN countries pushed button to formally open the expo. The theme of this year expo is “Sharing Opportunities Created by the New Land-Sea Corridor, Building the China-ASEAN Community with a Shared Future”. For many years, Pakistan has been an active participant of the China-ASEAN Expo to promote its specialty products, seek cooperative partners, and tap into the Chinese and ASEAN markets. – Agencies
