On October 23, H.E. Ambassador Wei Huaxiang attended and delivered remarks at the China·Yunnan–Sri Lanka·Colombo Specialty Products Promotion Conference. The Conference was attended by Hon.R.M. Jayawardhana, Deputy Minister of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Co-operative Development, Mr. K.A. Vimalenthirarajah, Secretary of Ministry of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Co-operative Development, Mr. Li Chaowei, Director-General of the Department of Commerce of Yunnan Province and Counsellor Tang Yandi, who is in charge of economic and commercial affairs of the Embassy. At the Conference, Sri Lanka and Yunnan Province, China signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Trade Cooperation under the “Three Free and Three Facilitation” framework, witnessed by Ambassador Wei and other attendees.

Ambassador Wei noted that China and Sri Lanka enjoy broad prospects for economic and trade cooperation. As an important gateway for China’s opening-up to South Asia and Southeast Asia, Yunnan is well positioned to strengthen economic and trade ties with Sri Lanka. He expressed hope that the conference would serve as an opportunity to further deepen economic and trade exchanges between Yunnan and Sri Lanka, achieve mutual benefit and win-win cooperation, and inject fresh impetus into the development of the China–Sri Lanka strategic cooperative partnership.