ANC'S PBF STRENGTHENS TIES WITH CHINESE TO PROMOTE TRADE

The ANC's Progressive Business Forum (PBF) met in Cape Town recently with the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT).

The delegation from the CCPIT, under leadership of its Secretary-General, Xu Hubin, met with the Co-Convenors of the PBF, Daryl Swanepoel and Renier Schoeman, with a view to augmenting the trade promotion work already being done by the two sides in both countries.

The China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, with more than 300,000 companies as members across the length and breadth of China, agreed to cooperate with the Progressive Business Forum, in specific areas of trade promotion, including the coordination of South African participation in a number of trade exhibitions and fairs in China, as well as the facilitation and enhancement of trade delegation visits between the two countries.

Acknowledging the substantial work already done by the PBF,  the Secretary-General of the CCPIT, encouraged the Co-Convenors to continue their work on behalf of the ANC in China and South Africa  For its part, the PBF thanked the Secretary-General for the earnest and dedicated work done to enhance and expand trade ties with  South Africa. Both sides undertook to spare no effort to ensure their work was coordinated and unified to the benefit of both countries and its people.  This would include exchanging two-way private sector trade delegations between the two countries and acting as conduits in order to establish contacts between South African and Chinese enterprises wishing to trade in the two countries.

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A release by the CCPIT, recognizes the role of the PBF in establishing partnerships in Changchun, Shanghai, Guanddong, Wuhan and Xiaan and acknowledges  the mutual benefit of utilizing the extensive network of the CCPIT, as both parties work to strengthen and deepen economic relations between South Africa and China.  The CCPIT undertook to cooperate with the PBF to encourage visits by business delegations, the coordination of exhibitions and to strive for efficient and successful communication between the two.

Statement issued by Daryl Swanepoel and Renier Schoeman, Progressive Business Forum, African National Congress, April 6 2011

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