Consul General of Sri Lanka in Guangzhou Priyangika Dharmasena met President of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade Guangzhou Committee (CCPIT) Mr. Yang Yong, Deputy Director General Wang Fu Chun and other officials of the CCPIT on 22 March 2019, to seek further cooperation in areas of trade and business between the two countries.
Consul General Dharmasena informed the officials that Sri Lanka and China had a long lasting relationship, even before formal diplomatic relations were established in 1957, with commercial and cultural ties. She highlighted that China is an important development partner and the largest investor in Sri Lanka with investments in areas such as infrastructure, ports and aviation, energy development, roads and highways and irrigation. She recalled the relations between the Consulate and the CCPIT particularly in organizing matchmaking programs in China, assisting Sri Lankan delegations to attend forums in China, and obtaining information with regard to companies based in China. She requested further collaboration from the CCPIT in coordinating Chinese companies in varied sectors to visit Sri Lanka and to study potential sectors that would be viable for business partnerships. President Yong welcomed the idea and said that CCPIT would, in the future, seek cooperation with Sri Lanka and the Consulate in that regard.
In enhancing cooperation, the President said that the CCPIT and Sri Lanka could have an information sharing mechanism and provide mutual assistance to Sri Lankan and Chinese companies hoping to invest in each other's countries.
