Enterprise Georgia CEO: 40 companies at Chinese expo to forge “crucial business connections” with int’l partners
Georgian Agriculture Minister Otar Shamugia and CEO of Enterprise Georgia Mikheil Khidureli at the Georgian pavillion. Photo: Enterprise Georgia
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Mikheil Khidureli, the CEO of Enterprise Georgia, the state agency promoting entrepreneurship, investment and exports, on Wednesday said the Agency was supporting the participation of 40 companies in a “major” exhibition in China to help them forge “crucial business connections” with international partners.
Georgian companies from the food and beverage sector, the textile industry and consumer goods production are showcased in two pavilions at the International Import Expo running in Shanghai between Sunday and Friday.
Visitors to the pavilions can sample Georgian wine, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, agricultural products, leather items, accessories and apparel, Enterprise Georgia said.
In addition to the Georgian business pavilions, visitors have the opportunity to explore the country’s tourism and investment prospects in a dedicated space.
The exhibition is hosting corporate and government delegations from over 160 countries, while the number of its visitors is expected to reach 500,000 this year.
The Georgian National Tourism Administration, 20 travel companies and hotels from the country are featuring in World Travel Market, one of the world’s largest tourism fairs hosted in London between Monday and Wednesday.
The exhibition ‘Soie - Silk’, featuring the State Silk Museum collection, was opened on Saturday at the contemporary art gallery Les Drapiers in Belgium’s city of Liège, with Tbilisi’s one of the oldest museum collections brought outside Georgia for the first time.
Georgia was highlighted in Sommet De L'elevage, one of the largest exhibitions of the livestock industry in Europe, as an Honoured Guest, the Ministry of Agriculture said on Thursday.
The National Wine Agency will spend ₾2 million ($756,000) on promoting Georgian wine at international industry fairs and domestic events throughout 2023, the body said on Tuesday.
A Georgian delegation led by the country’s Agriculture Minister Otar Shamugia on Sunday featured in the opening ceremony of China International Import Expo, an import industry fair looking to facilitate strengthening of economic cooperation and trade between participating states.
“Close and fruitful” economic cooperation between China and Georgia, and future ties between the countries were highlighted in a meeting between Otar Shamugia, the Georgian Agriculture Minister and Cao Derong, the President of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce of Import and Export of Foodstuffs, Native Produce and Animal By-Products Cao Derong on Wednesday.
Georgia’s deputy economy ministers Genadi Arveladze and Irakli Nadareishvili on Thursday highlighted the International Import Expo, an import industry fair looking to facilitate strengthening of economic cooperation and trade between participating states, as the “best platform” for Georgian companies to present products to Chinese consumers and importers.
Twenty-seven Georgian companies are participating in ProWine Shanghai, a leading international trade fair for wines and spirits hosted in China's biggest city, with the support of the Georgian National Wine Agency.
Mikheil Khidureli, the CEO of Enterprise Georgia, the state agency promoting entrepreneurship, investment and exports, on Thursday said Chinese importers were showing an “unprecedented interest” in Georgian products showcased at the International Import Expo running in Shanghai between Sunday and Friday.
Enterprise Georgia, the state agency promoting entrepreneurship, investment and exports, on Wednesday said its certification course had trained 500 export managers over the past eight years.