TEHRAN (Iran News) –Ambassador of China to Tehran Chang Hua says his embassy will facilitate visa issuance for Iranians who want to attend the exhibitions in China.
Chang made the remarks in a meeting with the members of the Iran-China Joint Chamber of Commerce and a number of Iranian traders and businessmen, who conduct trade with China, held at the place of the Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines, and Agriculture (ICCIMA) in Tehran.
Referring to China’s growing economy, the envoy said this year is a good year for Iran-China relations, adding that during the meeting between the leaders of the two countries, important agreements were made, including the implementation of the 25-year cooperation agreement between the two countries, and a number of bilateral cooperation documents were signed in the fields of agriculture, tourism, culture, relief, and rescue, etc.
“In 2022, the value of trade between the two countries reached $15.8 billion, which has increased by seven percent compared to the same period of the previous year. China has been Iran’s largest trading partner for 10 consecutive years. Accordingly, we welcome and support the private sector of Iran to attend Chinese trade fairs and increase cooperation”, the envoy stated.
He reiterated that his embassy will facilitate visa issuance for participation in the exhibitions in China. He noted that the embassy will provide special conditions for Iranians who are to attend exhibition in Canto which starts on April 15. He also said that Iran will register a record for arrival of the Chinese tourists after month of Ramadhan.
Meanwhile in the meeting Majid-Reza Hariri, the head of the Iran-China Joint Chamber, also emphasized the desire of Iran’s private sector to develop business relations with China and said there are obstacles in this direction. Among other things, issuing visas for Iranian businessmen, especially for their presence at trade fairs in China, is associated with problems, and facilitating it will definitely help the development of relations between the two sides.
He pointed to the financial and banking restrictions, adding that after President Raisi’s visit to China, both countries reached good agreements on financial issues and new mechanism was defined and these agreements are not to be revealed publicly of course these mechanism have still problems and the joint chamber is working to remove the problems.
Meanwhile caretaker of the international affairs of the ICCIMA Ms. Niloofar Asadi, for her part, expressed hope the obstacles in way of trade between Iran and China would be removed and reiterated she expected the ground to be provided for the presence of the private sector especially in the 25-year agreement between the two countries.
According to the data released by China’s customs administration, the value of trade between Iran and China stood at $2.098 billion in the first two months of 2023.
Based on the released data, the two-month trade between the two countries fell 17 percent as the figure was $2.536 billion in the first two months of 2022.
According to the data previously released by China’s customs administration, the value of trade between Iran and China increased by seven percent in 2022 compared to the previous year.
Based on China’s customs data, the Islamic Republic and China traded $15.795 billion worth of commodities in 2022, $1.035 billion more than the figure for 2021.
