China has taken over the rotative presidency of the Greater Mekong Sub-region Business Forum from Vietnam. The handover took place during the GMS-BF Board of Directors’ Meeting in Beijing on February 1, 2010.The meeting was attended by the leaders of the national chambers of commerce of China, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia and Thailand who constitute the GMS-BF core members, board of directors from these countries’ business circles, the China office representatives of the Asian Development Bank as well as the leaders of the federations of industry and commerce of Yunnan and Guangxi provinces.
ACFIC Signs up CCB for Supporting SMEs, County Economy
ACFIC and the China Construction Bank, the country’s second largest commercial bank by market value, have signed the Framework Cooperation Agreement on Supporting the Development of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises and County-Level Economy, pledging further cooperation in financial services to promote the healthy development of SMEs and construction of the rural areas.