A Chinese trade exhibition will be staged in Dakar from Nov. 30 to Dec. 9, organizers announced at a press conference on Monday.

 

The exhibition is being organized by the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) and will take place along with the 17th Dakar International Trade Expo, said Wang Hede, head of the Chinese delegation from CCPIT.

 

According to Wang, exhibits are set to feature agricultural machinery, motorcycles, automobiles, household appliances, medicine, textiles, hardware and other products from China.

 

Exhibitors from 11 Chinese provinces and cities would introduce China's economic achievements and the life of the Chinese people with pictures, brochures, and products, said Wang.

 

Mamadou Seck, counselor of Senegal Chamber of Commerce for agriculture and industry, told Xinhua that Senegal-China business relations were part of South-South cooperation and the upcoming Chinese trade fair incarnated the two countries' strategic partnership.

 

He added that Senegal-China relations had stepped into a stage of achieving mutual benefits, as well as win-win and common development.

 

Commercial Counselor of the Chinese Embassy Zhou Zhaoming said the Chinese and Senegalese economies were complementary to each other and had great potential for cooperation.

 

China-Senegal bilateral trade volume amounted to US$141 million in 2005. Chinese entrepreneurs were confident of cooperating with Senegalese counterparts in trade and investment, and the Chinese market was also open to them, said Zhou.

 

(Xinhua News Agency November 28, 2006)