Source: Yiwu sourcing agent Author: Yama Date: 2008-11-18
Recently, Yiwu Municipal Government’s delegation led by Wu Weirong, Party-Secretary of Yiwu City, has concluded a successful visit to Brazil, Argentina and Chile.
During their visit, focusing on the promotion of the commodities trade in Yiwu’s market and Yiwu Fair, the delegation has made wide and profound comunication with the concerning govermental department of the visiting cities and the consulates and embassies of China in Brazil, Argentina and Chile as well as the local chambers of commerce, which has reached positive results.
In Brazil, the delegation visited Sao Paulo 25th Street, where Yiwu small commodities saled in Sao Paulo and enjoy great popularity locally. The delegation had meetings with China's consul general in Sao Paulo, Sun Rongmao, China's consul general in Rio de Janeiro, both Li and Sino-Pakistani economic and trade center and the main Sao Paulo Chamber of Commerce officials and local overseas Chinese leaders, Brazil and the Chinese Cultural Exchange Association held talks. Wu Wei-rong detailed our city's economic and social development, with promotion of markets and Yiwu Fair , strengthen further communication with Brazilian business community, strengthen bilateral economic and trade exchanges in the future and cooperation with the persons concerned. Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country, vast territory and rich resources, with a population of 190,000,000, economic strength among the first in South America, our country is the largest trading partner in South America, the market has great potential, in 2007 ,yiwu and Brazil's trade volume reached more than 3460 million dollars.
In Argentina, the delegation payed a cisit in China's Embassy in Argentina, held a forum with the Secretary for Buenos Aires Economic Development . The two sides discussed initialy on the expansion of the small city exports to the Arab-Israeli entrepreneur and investment- related issues, the two sides were willing to promote the export of commodities, and strengthen co-operation with Yiwu small and medium enterprises . Argentina is one of the earlier countries in South America which established diplomatic relations with china,in the early 1950s it had economic and trade exchanges with China.
In Chile, the Chinese Embassy in Chile Embassy, Ambassador Liu Yuqin describe the details of Chile's development to the delegation and expressed their willingness to continue to promote our city in the future with all aspects of Chile to further exchanges and cooperation to facilitate and support. The delegation also held discussions with the commercial city of Santiago, Chile, the Secretary on the current global economic situation, how to strengthen bilateral economic and trade cooperation, promote the export of small commodities, Yiwu market in South America had an in-depth exchanges. Chile is the only country in South America who signed a free trade agreement with China, it's China commodity, especially yiwu small commodities sales to South America which open the window and channel, last year, Chile's trade its trade volume with yiwu amounted to 18,460,000 U.S. dollars.
In South America, Wu Wei-jung also met some businessmen who invest in local markets and overseas Chinese entrepreneurs who invest in yiwu. Wu Wei-jung express heartfelt thanks to them who promote Yiwu market and expand Yiwu's export commodities in South America's and encouraged them to rely on the relationship of the motherland, to comply with local laws customs and seize opportunities to continually expand the business, to better play the role of bridge in further expand economic and trade cooperation and friendly exchanges between Yiwu and South American countries
In the meeting with three countries government officials and representatives of the business community, Wu Wei-rong sincerely invite them to visit yiwu, and they cordially invited our city leaders , entrepreneurs, and traders to visit there, discussing economic and trade exchanges and investment cooperation.
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