26 January 2018

The Chairman of Hairong Investment Group Co., Ltd. Mr. Pan Liang, accompanied by Managing Director Dr. Palitha Kohona, accepted an invitation from the president of the National Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka (SLNCC) Mr. Sujeeve Samaraweera, to a meeting at SLNCC on Friday.

Mr. Samaraweera welcomed Mr. Pan Liang and his delegation to the meeting for further discussion about joining China Federation of Industrial Economics (CFIE) in Co-developing the Belt & Road Industrial Commercial Alliance (BRICA), and cooperation under the “Belt & Road” Initiative.

Hairong Investments Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Hairong Group”) as a strategic partner of CFIE, facilitated the MoU signing ceremony between CFIE and SLNCC at Sri Lanka Economy and Investment Conclave (known as SEIC) on 28 November 2017. Subsequently, Hairong Group is authorized by CFIE to invite SLNCC to join BRICA.

Mr. Pan Liang initially introduced the globalization background of BRICA and its magnificent targets, expressing the welcome to SLNCC to join BRICA to utilize and share the opportunities of cooperation and development among members of alliance.

BRICA is a development strategy initially proposed by CFIE, at present, members of alliance are comprised of 29 well-known Industrial & Commerce Associations covering 26 countries in Asia, Europe, Africa, South America and etc. consisting of over 2,300,000 member enterprises. BRICA is the vast platform that facilitates understanding and enhances collaboration among the member enterprises, pursuing extensive bilateral and multilateral activities via combination of online and offline mode, to facilitate the exchange of corporate information among member enterprises and promote cooperation.

Mr. Samaraweera expressed his gladness to the presentation, expecting to join BRICA at the earliest through the procedures of application and expecting to hold the signing ceremony， in the meantime, leading Sri Lankan business delegation to visit China.