Sri Lankan President, Mahinda Rajapakse, said at a trade and
investment seminar in Beijing Wednesday that the development of his
country's electric power, highway and housing as well as basic
infrastructure are open to Chinese business.
Wan Jifei, President of the China Council For the Promotion of
International Trade said, in recent years, China's business circles
attach great importance to the Sri Lankan market and that the
President's visit to China provides a valuable opportunity for both
sides to deepen cooperation.
More than 300 businesspeople from the two countries attended the
seminar.
Rajapakse is visiting China at the invitation of President Hu
Jintao.
The Sri Lankan delegation consists of 70 people including the
country's foreign minister and oil minister and telecommunications
minister.
(Xinhua News Agency March 1, 2007)
