Minister of Economy, on official visit to China between June 6-13

Minister of Economy, Constantin Nita, will conduct between June 6-13 an official visit to the People's Republic of China.

According to a press release remitted on Thursday to AGERPRES, the first part of the visit, between June 6-9, will see Minister Constantin Nita participating in a Ministerial Conference of Economy and Commerce Ministers of China and Eastern and Central European countries, an event to be held in Ningbo.

The second part of the visit, June 9-13, includes meetings with representatives of Chinese institutions and companies: China Coal, China Gezhouba Group, China CAMC Engineering, China National Electric Engineering, China Huadian, The National Administration for Energy, Import-Export Bank of China, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Junlun Petroleum, Ministry of Commerce — Department for Foreign Investments, China State Construction Engineering Corp., China Hisun PV Technology.

"The People's Republic of China is the main commercial partner of Romania in the Asian area from a commercial trade value viewpoint, both on imports and on exports. It is a market with [important] potential that Romanian companies can accede to, so as to improve the level of economic trade between Romania and China. At the same time, it is essential to continue talks begun last year and furthered by the agreements signed during the visit of Premier Li Keqiang. Units 3 and 4 of Cernavoda [Nuclear Power Station], the pumped-storage hydroelectric power station in Tarnita-Lapustesti, modernizing coal plants and developing industrial parks are priorities of the Romanian Government and I am confident that we will implement as many of these projects as possible", said Constantin Nita.

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