28th November 2017, Sri Lanka Economy and Investment Conclave (known as SEIC) (Sri Lanka-China Dialogue) opening ceremony was held successfully at Kingsbury Hotel Colombo.
China Federation of Industry and Economics(CFIE) and Colombo Chamber of Commerce(CCC) sponsored this conclave. Main organizers of this event were Hairong Investments International (Pvt.) Ltd. which is a fully owned subsidiary of Hairong Group China, Opportunity Sri Lanka and Trive International. Mr. Pan Liang, who is the Chairman of Hairong Group, was leading CFIE officials and more than 40 well-known businessmen from China.
Main participants also included Sri Lanka important government officials, Minister of Megapolis, Hon. Champika Ranawaka, Sri Lanka President H.E. Sirisena’s special representative, Media Secretary to H.E. Mr. Weerawardana, State Minister of Lands Hon. T. B. Ekanayaka, Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Dr. Coomaraswamy, Managing Director of Hairong International, Former Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Former Foreign Secretary Dr. Palitha Kohona. Also, we had participants from Wall Street, Amsterdam, Australia, India.
Dr. Palitha Kohona gave the welcome speech, he warmly welcomed friends from China and different countries around the world, thanked them for coming to this conclave.
H.E. Sirisena was planned to participate this conclave, but due to his state visit to Korea, he was not able to attend the event. But he sent this special representative to convey his support and best wishes to this conclave to all the participants.
The Chairman of Hairong Group, the Vice President of CFIE and distinguished important guests were invited to light the Sri Lankan traditional oil lamp. The SEIC 2017 begun in the beats of the Sri Lankan traditional drums and postures of the beautiful Sri Lankan traditional Kandyan dancers.
As the climax of the opening ceremony, witnessed by all the participants of the event, media, and government officials, Chairman Pan Liang and the Vice President Xiong Meng had signed the MoU, which will ensure the collaboration between Hairong Group and CFIE, and expand this kind of collaboration from Sri Lanka to the world. At the same time, CFIE has signed an MoU with CCC.
Coming day, 29th November 2017, will be the main day of SEIC 2017, at that time Chairman Pan Liang and Chairman Wang Ming of Zhongle Group will give important speeches in the conclave.