Chinese, Thai entrepreneurs attend annual trade fair
THE ASIAN International Trade and Investment Association (AITIA) in cooperation with China’s government and private sector brought more than 700 Chinese business people to participate in the “2016 Asean (Bangkok) China Import & Export Commodities Fair” (ACIEC).
The event started yesterday and will run until tomorrow at Muang Thong Thani Impact Exhibition Halls.
The event presents Chinese construction equipment, machinery and high-tech products, Thai foods, and agricultural-processing products. It is expected that more than Bt500 million will be circulated and that the fair will result in international trade worth more than Bt3 billion as Thai products are distributed in China’s top supermarkets.
At the fair, Chinese businesspeople and entrepreneurs from 300 companies, from 10 provinces, will have trade talks and business matching, sell products and promote good relationships between Thailand and China, the organisers say.
AITIA president Wu Zhiyi said the association collaborated with the private and public sectors of China and the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade to organise ACIEC 2016. Exhibits are covering 6,750 square metres in Hall 5 of Muang Thong Thani Impact Exhibition Halls.
The event is also supported by Thailand’s Office of Small and Medium Enterprise Promotion (OSMEP). More than 1,000 export-quality products manufactured in Thailand and China are being offered at the fair.
Wu said there would be business matching with about 50-100 Chinese businesspeople.
“The business matching will be held in two separate places. For Thai businessmen looking for Chinese products, the symposium will take place at the Phoenix 2-3 rooms. For Chinese businessmen interested in Thai products and Thai entrepreneurs wanting to sell products in Chinese supermarkets such as Yong Hui, Bubugao and Wumei, the meeting will be hold at the Phoenix 4-5 rooms,” he said.
Both events will run today from 11am to 1pm, he said.
Furthermore, there will be “SME clinics” given by trade experts from each participating Chinese province who will give advice to Thai entrepreneurs wanting to launch their products in China.
Wu said a range of useful activities supporting Thai-Chinese trade and investment would be organised by OSMEP, the Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau, Siam Commercial Bank, AirAsia and the Thai SMEs Council.
More than 1,700 Thai entrepreneurs are members of AITIA. Its objectives are to promote trade, investment and cooperation among entrepreneurs in Asia and in other regions.
