China holds commodities show in Tehran (Xinhua) Updated: 2004-05-28 09:21
China on Wednesday kicked off a commodities and technology show in the Tehran
International Exhibition Center, pioneered with the second Seminar on China-Iran
Economic, Commercial and Investment Cooperation.
The show, China Commodities & Technology Expo, was sponsored by The
Ministry of Commerce and admitted 163 enterprises from China, witnessing a large
variety of exhibitions in the 6,000 square-meter hall, ranging from locomotive
and trucks to lamps and jeans.
It is the largest commodities and technology expo held abroad by the Chinese
government, which is also the largest exhibition concerning one foreign country
in Iran.
Iranian commercial organizations have also played an essential role in the
Expo.
The Expo was inaugurated by Gao Hucheng, Vice Minister of Chinese Ministry of
Commerce, and Asadollah Askoroladi, Chairman of Iran-China Chamber of Commerce
and Industries.
Representatives of the seminar held that bilateral trade between China and
Iran enjoys a promising future as both countries are sharing complementarity in
their products.
Bilateral trade between the two countries reached some US$5.6 billion in
2003.
