The Chengdu office of the Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) would play an important role in promoting economic co-operation between Pakistan and China and help achieve bilateral trade target of US $15 billion by 2015 as envisaged by the governments of our two countries.
This was stated by Senator Ghulam Alim President FPCCI during visit of the first ever overseas office of FPCCI, says a statement issued here on Saturday. Tariq Sayeed, immediate former president of Saarc CCI, Ata Bajwa, Vice-President, Mansha Churra, former Vice-President of FPCCI, Hasan Habib, Consul General of Pakistan and Dr Saifuddin Junejo, Commercial Consular of Pakistan in Chengdu, Javed Khalil, Vice-Chairman Pak-China Business Council of FPCCI, Naseem Vohra and Iqbal Tabish, Secretary General, Saarc CCI were also visited the FPCCI office.
Earlier FPCCI office was formally inaugurated by Zhang Zou-ha, Vice-Governor of Sichuan province of China during the 2nd Sichuan-South Business Promotion held on February 25. "FPCCI office has been provided by China Council for Promotion of International Trade, Sichuan province, which is a reflection of 60 years old Pak-China friendship and China's keen interest for strengthening economic co-operation with Pakistan" said Senator Chulam Ali and hoped that the FPCCI office shall provide consultancy to the business community of Pakistan and help explore business opportunity in huge market of Sichuan province. He said that the FPCCI and its leadership is honoured by Sichuan government, which will help materialise the desire of President and the Prime Minster to establish close economic co-operation with China.