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GUANGZHOU, China, April 10, 2023 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

Zhang Sihong, Deputy Secretary General of the Canton Fair and Deputy Director

General of China Foreign Trade Centre, led a working group on a 10-day tour to

three ASEAN countries - Indonesia, Malaysia, and Cambodia, as part of the

efforts to publicize and promote the current status of the 133rd ("Canton Fair"

or "the Fair") and to attract more ASEAN companies to attend, receiving wide

attention from the business communities in these countries.

As China's neighbors, ASEAN countries represent an important market and source

of buyers. Various publicity and promotion activities were carried out based on

the local market characteristics, including:

- held three promotional meetings and one symposium;

- visited government departments involved in trade promotion, such as the

Market Development and Export Information, Ministry of Trade, Republic of

Indonesia, the Ministry of International Trade and Industry of Malaysia,

Ministry of Commerce of Cambodia, and Indonesian Chinese Entrepreneur

Association, Indonesia China Business Council, Indonesian Chinese Entrepreneur

Association of East Java Branch, Malaysia-China Chamber of Commerce, Malaysia

Promas International Business Society, Cambodia Chamber of Commerce and other

industrial and commercial institutions;

- paid research visits to the Jakarta International Expo, Malaysia

International Trade and Exhibition Center, and Kuala Lumpur Convention Center;

- visited and communicated with local business partners, including Kawan Lama

Group, Maspion Group, ES International Event and other important customers, and

visited, popular e-commerce platform Lazada, Indonesian local e-commerce

service company Egogohub, and Zto Express (Cambodia), the cross-border

logistics company, to discuss the development trends of the online business of

the Fair.

The working group conveyed the latest Canton Fair preparations and information

on business opportunities to the ASEAN business community through a series of

publicity and promotion activities, demonstrating the market opportunities from

China. Meanwhile, the group learned firsthand opinions and suggestions from

local partners on Canton Fair services through face-to-face, in-depth

conversations.

In the future, China Foreign Trade Centre will stay in close contact with

business organizations in the ASEAN region, set up a daily cooperation

mechanism, encourage the standardization of promotion and services at the

Canton Fair, and bring dynamism to China-ASEAN business cooperation through the

Canton Fair platform.

For latest news regarding the upcoming 133rd Canton Fair, please register at

https://invitation.cantonfair.org.cn/BuyerUser/RegisterUser?MediaType=16

Source: Canton Fair

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