| China-Iraq Products Purchasing Fair 2009 successfully held | | 05/05/2009 08:48:43 | On April 24, organized by the CCPIT, Dongguan Municipal People’s Government, the China-Arab Business Council and the Sulaymaniyah Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Iraq, presented by the CCPIT Media & Press Center and the CCPIT Dongguan Sub-council, the China-Iraq Products Purchasing Fair 2009 was successfully held at the Dongguan Exhibition International Hotel. Nearly 30 purchasers from Iraq and over 120 Dongguan suppliers participated in the fair. CCPIT Secretary General Xu Hubin, Deputy Secretary General Liu Xuecong of the Dongguan Municipal People’s Government attended the opening ceremony.
CCPIT Secretary General Xu Hubin delivered a speech at the fair, pointing out that since the financial crisis broke out last year, responding to the call from the central government of maintaining growth and boosting export, the CCPIT has been striving to help local governments and enterprises, functioning as the platform for economic and trade exchanges and inviting foreign purchasers to come to China; that this fair was held at the request of the Dongguan Municipal Government, aiming at aiding enterprises in Dongguan overcoming the negative effects of the global financial crisis, vigorously exploring the Middle East market meanwhile recommending premium products to the Iraqi purchasers.
Deputy Secretary General Liu Xuecong appreciated CCPIT’s arrangement of the purchasing fair in Dongguan and welcomed the special visit of the Iraqi purchasers to Dongguan, pointing out that Dongguan possesses a strong and developed economy with a large number of enterprises, a complete variety of industries and fine quality products, and the municipal government is doing everything to turn the crisis into opportunity to help enterprises explore emerging markets in the Middle East and Latin America, etc. He hoped the CCPIT would continue to introduce more international purchases to Dongguan.
Later, the CCPIT Dongguan Sub-council and the Sulaymaniyah Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Iraq signed a MOU for Cooperation with respect to the strengthening of cooperation and bilateral trade promotion, agreeing on Iraqi delegations will be organized regularly to purchase in Dongguan and bring the premium products of Dongguan back to the Iraqi people. After the opening ceremony, Chinese and Iraqi entrepreneurs had match-making talks. According to the industry distribution of the Iraqi purchasers, the CCPIT Dongguan Sub-council organized 121 suppliers to participate in the fair, covering seven major industries of furniture, textile, building materials, home appliances, hardware, electromechanical products and light industry products (suitcases and bags, shoes, toys, stationery and halal food, etc). The attending Iraqi purchasers were lingering on the high quality products manufactured by enterprises in Dongguan. Both sides reached a number of purchasing intentions and according to preliminary statistics, the purchasing amount at the fair had surpassed 20 million dollars.
After the fair, Secretary General Xu Hubin was interviewed by the reporter with the Dongguan TV Station.
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