Biswajit visits Yiwu inti trade centre
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, June 16 2017:
A State Government team led byTh Biswajit Singh, Minister for Commerce and Industry visited Yiwu International Trade Centre, Baoshan City, Yunan Province, People's Republic of China today at 3.30 pm (China time) .
The team was attending the South and South East Asia Commodity Expo and Investment Fair, 2017 at the Dianchi International Convention and International Sistership pavilion at Kunming, Yunan Province, People's Republic of China.
During today's visit, the Minister and his team were accompanied by Chen Jihanhua, General Manager, Yiwu International Trade City of Baoshan and his team.
Jihanhua assured the State team to provide a helping hand to Manipur in the field of trade and commerce.
Further, the General Manager and his team also accepted an invitation from the Minister of Commerce and Industry to attend the Sangai Festival which will be held in November at Imphal.
This was the first visit by an Indian Minister to Baoshan, China with the aim to discuss development of trade and commerce between the two countries.
On his part, Biswajit Singh expressed gratitude and thanked the authority of Baoshan Municipal Corporation for their hospitality.
The Minister was accompanied by L 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 the Chief Minister of Manipur and Chandrakishore Singh, president, North East Federation on International Trade, Manipur Chapter.
The State team left Baoshan for Kunming at around 5.20 pm (China time) .