Pakistani carpets prove worth at China-Tibetan exhibition
Pakistan Times Business & Commerce Desk

BEIJING (China): More than 1,300 business people from 25 countries and regions gathered in Xining, capital of northwest China's Qinghai province to show their products at the 2005 Qinghai Tibetan Carpet International Exhibition.

This year's exhibition, the second of the event, had 320 display booths, more than 70 of which are for foreign carpet makers from Pakistan, India, Nepal, Mongolia, Iran, Afghanistan, Turkey and Japan.

The spectacular designing of the Pakistani carpets proved their worth at the exhibition, said a Chinese textile exporter.

Some Pakistani businessmen put some marvelous pieces at the exhibition that attracted people from various parts of China and some regional countries. He hoped that Pakistani carpets would find a large number of buyers in the local market.

Xiao Boren, vice secretary general of China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) says, the Chinese importers would be interested in buying apparels including carpets from Pakistan and other neighbouring countries if competitive prices are offered.

Boren said that several products, such as handicrafts, jute products and carpets, are warmly welcomed in China, so that the exporters from these countries have ample opportunities to expand their business.

The exhibition was sponsored by the governments of Qinghai Province and the Tibet Autonomous Region, and the China Chamber of Commerce for import/Export.●