Lafaek News China news agency, Nanning, September 19 (Lin Xin) – The 23rd China-ASEAN Expo (hereinafter referred to as “East Expo”) East Timor Investment and Trade Promotion Exchange Meeting was held in Nanning, Guangxi, on the 19th. East Timor has made its debut as a full member and co-organizer of ASEAN for the first time, and hopes to expand international cooperation with the help of the Expo.
At the meeting, the Ministry of Trade and Industry of East Timor signed a memorandum of cooperation with the Guangxi Chamber of Commerce of Foreign Investment Enterprises, and the State Chamber of Commerce and Industry of East Timor and the East Timor Coffee Association signed a memorandum of friendship and cooperation with the secretariat of the China-ASEAN Expo respectively.
“The Expo is an ideal platform for translating the vision of cooperation into real opportunities, bringing China and ASEAN together in the spirit of connectivity, trade and investment,” said Filipus, East Timor’s minister of trade and industry Nino Pereira) believes that participating in EIF will introduce East Timor to more business people and establish links with potential partners.
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On September 19, the signing ceremony of the East Timor Investment and Trade Promotion Fair was held in Nanning, Guangxi. (Photo by Lin Xin)
Nino Pereira believes that investment by Chinese companies in Timor-Leste is not only an opportunity, but also an opportunity to build a long-term partnership. Timor-Leste hopes to cooperate with China in areas such as technical skills development, industrial capacity, supply chain and market access.
Chinese businessman Chen Lisong said at the meeting that coffee is the national business card of East Timor, and its processing and cultivation history has been more than 100 years. “For many years, I have been in East Timor to provide technical guidance to local farmers in the coffee industry, and also to help East Timor coffee exports. I hope to further develop the international market of East Timor coffee with the help of East Timor Expo.”
Liang Yiguang, Deputy Secretary General of the China-ASEAN Expo Secretariat, hopes that the Expo will turn exhibits from various countries into orders and turn encounters into lasting partnerships. At the Expo, more than 3,400 enterprises from more than 70 countries and regions gathered in Nanning to hold more than 50 business promotion activities and set up the “ASEAN Countries Demand Exhibition Area” for the first time, so that Chinese enterprises can directly respond to the project needs of ASEAN. (End)
