The assurance was given by Huang Shah, Vice Chairperson of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, at a meeting with Industry and Commerce Minister Rishad Bathiudeen.
China will also allocate a special area for Sri Lanka in the forthcoming Kunming international trade fair and will give 100 free booths for Sri Lanka, Huang said.
The fourth South Asian Countries’ business forum and trade fair will be held from June 05 to 10 at Kunming, a known transportation hub in south-western China, located within the Yunnan Province.
Bathiudeen said China is now the second largest supplier of goods to Sri Lanka.
Today China has become an important market for Sri Lanka with Sri Lankan exporters able to enter the Chinese market under the Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement."
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