ISLAMABAD: Pakistani companies are taking part in a five-day regional commodity fair, which has attracted enterprises from around 40 countries and regions, in its push to attract international trade and investment, state-run Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) reported this week.
The ‘15th Kashgar-Central and South Asia Commodity Fair’ kicked off in Kashgar, an ancient Silk Road town in northwest China’s Xinjiang region, on Friday.
The five-day fair, which will run till Aug. 19, has attracted 181 enterprises from 40 countries and regions including Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Ghana, as per the APP. Around 1,120 Chinese companies and 26 overseas business associations are also taking part in the event.
“This year’s fair has a 40,000-square-meter exhibition space that is divided into three key sections: investment cooperation, international trade and domestic trade,” APP reported on Saturday.
“The event focuses on business matchmaking in sectors such as biomedicine, cultural tourism, agriculture, cotton and textiles industries.”
