Inter-regional: Pakistan welcomed at the SME fair

Lashari said that approximately more than 3.2 million SMEs are functioning in Pakistan.


APP May 19, 2014
was offered 20 stalls free of cost at the Chinese SME Fair scheduled for October 2014 in Guangzhou, Guangdong. PHOTO:FILE

LAHORE:


The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), on Monday, was offered 20 stalls free of cost at the Chinese SME Fair scheduled for October 2014 in Guangzhou, Guangdong.


The offer was made by Guangdong SME Bureau Deputy Director General He Zuoxian, who was heading a five-member Chinese delegation, while talking to LCCI President Engineer Sohail Lashari. Zuoxian said that all the Pakistani businessmen who would take part in the SME Fair would be facilitated and B-2-B meetings would be arranged.  “The SME sector could ensure an economic turnaround provided it is facilitated keeping in view its requirements,” said Zuoxian. He said that they also had meetings with Smeda so that a working plan could be evolved in collaboration with the Pakistani SME sector.


Lashari said that approximately more than 3.2 million SMEs are functioning in Pakistan. SME sector contributes almost 30% in GDP, employs more than 70% of the non-agricultural workforce and generates around 25% in export earnings.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 20th, 2014.

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