China-South Asia Expo brings new opportunities to Sri Lanka

The China-South Asia (CSA) Expo has brought new opportunities to Sri Lanka, said Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to China, Ranjith Uyangoda.

“The China-South Asia Expo has gone on for three years and Sri Lanka has participated in many forums, exchanged activitiesand achieved a lot. We’ve embraced new opportunities at each year’s expo,” claimed Uyangoda.

“The upcoming expo will help people in Sri Lanka, especially the young, to learn more about China,” he added on the expo part.

The Ambassador also stated that more than 150 enterprises from Sri Lanka would be present at this year’s expo. A special opening ceremony will be held for exhibitors from Sri Lanka, and representatives will attend forums and trade negotiations to seek business opportunities with Chinese enterprises.

Sri Lanka and Yunnan Province have been increasingly connected since the expo, launched three years ago,

Uyangoda further said: “China Eastern Airlines has three flights to Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka, which is convenient for Chinese tourists, and we welcome more Chinese people to Sri Lanka.”

The Ambassador mentioned that the number of Chinese visitors to Sri Lanka has been on the rise, and was expected to reach 300,000 in 2016 and 1.5 million in 2020.