Biswajit and team attend 2017 SSACEIF
Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, June 17 2017: Indian team led by Commerce and Industries Minister Th Biswajit Singh attended the 2017 South and South East Asia Commodity Expo and Investment Fair (2017 SSACEIF) at Kunming Dianchi International Convention and Exhibition Centre today.

The Minister was accompanied by Dr Ranjan Singh, Parliamentary Secretary (Tourism); Lungmuana Lakher, Principal Secretary (Commerce and Industry); M Luikham, Director, Commerce and Industry; L Inunganbi Devi, Corporator, Imphal Municipal Corporation Ward No 18; L Bashanta Sharma, Media Coordinator to Chief Minister, Manipur; Chandrakishore Singh, Rajen, Rk Sheijit Singh from North East Federation on International Trade Development, Manipur Chapter.

The 2017 SSACEIF is organised under the theme 'Creating new opportunities for new development' and aims at showcasing commodities from South and South East Asia countries, promoting cooperation between China and South East Asia countries.

The event is committed to enhance shared vision and development of countries and regions engaged in the Belt and Road Initiative through facilitating policy communications, infrastructure connectivity, trade flows, capital circulation and people to people exchanges.

The 2017 SSACEIF is co-sponsored by China Chamber of International Commerce, South Asian Association Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Chamber of Commerce and Industry, ASEAN-China-South Asia Expo and Kunming Import and Export Fair Secretariat.

The event is co-hosted by Yunan International Expositions Bureau, Yunan Provincial Department of Commerce, Yunan Provincial Bureau of China promotion of investment and cooperation, Yunan Chapter of China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) and Yunan People's Association for Friendship with foreign countries.

With an exhibition area of about 170,000 sq m, 2017 SSACEIF has 8000 standard exhibition booths in 17 pavilions including ceremonial and cultural events and countries of honours and guest of honour pavilions, South Asia pavilions, two ASEAN pavilions, international production capacity cooperation pavilion, manufacturing industry pavilion, health and marine biopharmaceutical pavilion, tourism pavilion, South Asia and international sister cities pavilion, China Taiwan pavilion, China pavilion, highland agriculture pavilion, electromechanical equipment pavilion and stone crafting pavilion.

In the meantime, two pavilions are used for 2017 Kunming -South Asia International wood culture expo.

51 countries participated in the 2017 SSACEIF.

Over 4000 enterprises have set up booths with 41.2 percent of them being from abroad.

Moreover, 'Rotating chair country' and 'Country of honour' systems are adopted in the China- South Asia Business Forum.

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