| China-Spain Investment & Trade Seminar held in Barcelona, Spain | | 05/05/2009 08:50:04 | On April 24, the China-Spain Investment & Trade Seminar was jointly held in Barcelona, Spain. As the first event of the Chinese Products Promotion Week (Europe), the seminar aims to help the Chinese export enterprises and local governments learn about relevant laws and regulations and product quality standards of the EU. Director Yang Xiaodong of CCPIT Media & Press Center led the Chinese delegation consisting of 20 members to attend the seminar. Nearly 80 representatives from the European Commission, departments of the Catalonian government and enterprises in Catalonia, Spain attended the seminar.
Director Yang Xiaodong delivered a speech on the seminar, on behalf of the CCPIT, pointing out with the assistance of the CCPIT, Chinese and Spanish traders keep on expanding fields for trade; Chinese enterprises have been aware of the quality standards for export products and are now cooperating with member states of the EU, including Spain, to better understand the laws and regulations of the EU and to enhance the quality awareness ; Chinese entrepreneurs have realized that some of the product standards of the EU have been made to guarantee the health and safety of its people in a more effective way; however, in the current economic situation, the most urgent task for all is to restore the world economic growth with all possible strength by containing all types of protectionism and maintaining the open and free environment for investment and trade; the EU’s increasing trade restrictions may confer temporary interests on those carrying out them but will ultimately incur bigger surge of trade protectionism and thus offset the efforts made by different countries to promote the recovery of the economy.
Vice Chairman Joan Canals of Foment del Treball Nacional also delivered a speech, pointing out under the current circumstances of financial crisis, China still maintains a relatively high rate of growth and has seen the rapid development of economic and trade relations with member states of the EU, Spain included; Spanish enterprises harbor high expectation for China; the area of Catalonia takes up one quarter of Spain’s trade with China, however in an unbalanced structure, with potentials to be explored. He hoped the Chinese delegation would expand economic and trade cooperation with Spain by learning the economic characteristics and demand for products of Catalonia.
Mr. Antonio Montserrat, Director of the Catalonian Bureau of Commerce of the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Commerce of Spain, introduced measures taken by the Catalonian government to strengthen cooperation with China as well as the economic and trade development of China and Spain, pointing out machinery and chemical industry is the highlight of China-Spain cooperation. He also stated that relevant departments of the Spanish government had listed trade with China as their major task in the coming few years, with a lot of money and human resource to be put into cooperation with China. He also introduced the projects of their enterprises on trade and investment supported by the Spanish government.
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