Chinese delegation visits Cairo Chamber and extends an invitation for participating in the Arab-Chinese

 

Forum and signing a protocol with Nangio room
 

 

A delegation from the Economy and Information Committee at Nangio, China called on the Chamber in

 

Cairo to participate in the "Economic Forum between China and Arab countries" which will be held on 15

 

September. This was part of a visit to the chamber this week conducted to formally invite the chamber.

 

The Chamber was also invited to visit Nangio governorate which was described by the delegation as full

 

of rich commercial aspects. Delegation members expressed their wish to sign a cooperation protocol

 

between both chambers during the Forum in order to open up commercial and investing relations

 

between Egypt and China during the coming period.

 

"Protocol"

 

Eng/ Ibrahim El-Araby, head of Cairo’s Chamber, welcomed the delegation’s visit stressing that the

 

invitation would be considered, also the possibility of signing a protocol with the Nangio Chamber would

 

be discussed in order to activate real   business relations that result in  the exchange of commercial and

 

investment real benefit for both parties.

 

 

El-Araby said that the goal is not to sign the protocol but how to make use o f the meetings between both

 

sides which would reflect on the investments and the commercial relations in a positive way. Hence the

 

signing of the protocol is inevitable to protect these relationships and strengthen it with the passage of

 

time pointing out that he will study the extent of benefit first, then comes the role of the Protocol, as there

 

is no disagreement over signing the protocol whenever there is a real and certain benefit.

 

 The President of the Chamber expressed his initial   welcome for forming a delegation from the room to

 

attend the forum and sign the protocol, but only with actual application of the protocol.

 

Zeinab El-Zomour, the chamber’s secretary general and the head of the executive body, said the

 

Chamber is working on finding the proper means to open communication channels between Egyptian

 

exporters and importers and their counterparts abroad. This aims at establishing investment and

 

commercial projects, in addition to partnership projects and bilateral meetings between businessmen

 

from Egypt and abroad to seal deals and consolidate relations between them. Moreover, this would help

 

in coordinating between Egyptian and foreign parties to attend the mutual exhibitions, such as the one

 

that takes place during March of every year in Egypt. El-Zomour also pointed out it is one of the largest

 

exhibitions that take place for commercial forums as large number of Egyptian and international

 

companies participate. The exhibition also includes some of the top businessmen in various activities.

 

 

The Secretary-General added that the development and consolidation of trade relations between Egypt

 

and the world is the Chamber’s goal for the coming period.

 

She noted that the Chamber of Cairo is one of the largest ones in Egypt and the Middle East, where it

 

has over 700 000 traders in 61 divisions. It is the legal and legitimate method to address officials in the

 

country for reaching adequate solutions to the trade division's problems for improving them. Moreover,

 

the chamber is the official spokesperson on behalf of traders and economists to foreign embassies

 

located in Egypt in order to reach discussions and find solutions for any problems that take place

 

between Egyptian and foreign parties over importing and exporting.

 

Zeinab El-Zomour invited the Chinese delegation to repeat their visit for the Chamber in Cairo but on a

 

larger scale to discuss various commercial matters through the Chamber’s board of directors. This has

 

the ability to expand acquaintance between both sides which would increase the mutual services

 

between them. She stressed that the delegation has to visit Cairo’s International Exhibition pointing out

 

the positive things that would result, since it is a distinct exhibition that includes hundreds of Egyptian

 

and Foreign companies.

 

 

For its part, "Juzunj Tong" head of the Chinese delegation, pointed out the need to strengthen the

 

Chinese-Egyptian relations calling the Egyptian side to participate in the Arab-Chinese Forum which

 

would be held in September in the Chinese district, Nangio, specialized in a number of fields like coal

 

production, textiles, chemical hardware, energy and all wiring accessories. It confirmed that the number

 

of participants in this forum during the past year was 350 exhibitors and 76 countries. Over about 8460

 

visitors checked it last year.