EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson will attend the EU-China
Partnenariat 2006 on Thursday in Chengdu, capital of Southwest
China's Sichuan Province, aiming to promote the cooperation between
European and Chinese small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
Along with Mandelson, more than 100 European Union (EU)
officials will make cultural exchanges and join trade programs
during the two-day event, featuring 5,000 face-to-face
partnership-seeking discussions between SMEs of China and EU
countries.
The EU-China Partnenariat 2006 is the largest of such events in
the history of the Sino-EU economic cooperation with the
participation of 514 Chinese companies and 400 European companies,
which want to build up long-term cooperation with each other.
A good communication channel is of vital importance to the
establishment and development of the economic relations between
Europe and China, said Marisa Wyganowski, development and
cooperation attach of the Delegation of the European Commission in
China.
Chinese companies should take advantage of the opportunities of
attending international trade fairs to extend their cooperation
with the overseas firms and get into the international markets,
said Giorgio Magistrelli, secretary general of EU Chamber of
Commerce in China.
"Finding an European partner through the trade fair is the most
economic and logic solution for Chinese SMEs to enter the European
market," said Pascal Hermandesse, chairman of Chengdu Board of the
EU Chamber of Commerce in China.
The Chamber was formed in Beijing in 2000. It is a non-profit
membership fee-based organization with offices in Beijing, Shanghai
and Nanjing, Guangzhou, Tianjin and Chengdu.
As the leading exponent of European business interests in China,
the chamber's mission is to provide a bridge for cooperation
between Chinese and European companies.
The trade fair will be jointly sponsored by the Europe
Commission, the China Council for the Promotion of International
Trade and the Sichuan provincial government.
(Xinhua News Agency November 6, 2006)