The People’s Government of Yunnan Province jointly held an opening ceremony for the 8th China-South Asia Expo and the 28th China Kunming Export & Import Fair on 23 July 2024 at Kunming. At the ceremony, Deputy Prime Minister and Union Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar U Than Swe delivered an opening speech together with Mr Ding Zhongli, Vice-Chairman of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People’s Congress of China, Chairman of the Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Deputy Prime Minister of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Speaker of the Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Deputy Prime Minister of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Deputy Speaker of the People’s Majlis of the Republic of Maldives and Vice-Chairperson of the National Assembly of Nepal.
The Deputy Prime Minister delivered the speech-
- Myanmar is surrounded by five immediate neighbours, where over 3.2 billion people reside, and Myanmar’s strategic geographical location, together with abundant natural resources and human resources, provides the country with the potential to become a huge investment opportunity.
- He invited to make more investments in Myanmar as it can combine economic cooperation between China and South Asian countries.
This year, the Expo will be held from 23 to 28 July 2024, and it will be attended by high-level government officials. More than 800 booths from 2,000 companies from 82 countries have been participating in the Expo and organizing 26 booths from 24 companies from Myanmar.
The China-South Asia Expo has been held since 2013 in Kunming, Yunnan Province, with the purpose of further enhancing trade cooperation and fostering people-to-people exchanges between China and South Asian and Southeast Asian countries. The current Expo is being held under the theme of “Solidarity and Coordination for Common Development” and the Myanmar delegation left Kunming for Myanmar on 24 July. It is reported.
Source: MWD(25-7-2024)
- In the opening ceremony of China-South Asia Expo, Deputy Prime Minister delivered an opening speech that Myanmar is surrounded by five immediate neighbours, where over 3.2 billion people reside, and Myanmar’s strategic geographical location, together with abundant natural resources and human resources, provides the country with the potential to become a huge investment opportunity and invited to make more investments in Myanmar.