Both sides expressed their confidence within the continuation of mutually beneficial cooperation.
The Trade and Commercial Consul at the Consulate General associated with Bulgaria Ms. Ivet Nikolova was also present at the conference as well as Directors and Mouthpiece Directors of the SCOFCOM, incl. of the Department of International Investment Administration, Foreign Business Development Department, Foreign Economic Cooperation Division and Foreign Affairs Division. The Consul General Vladislav Spasov mentioned that during the years of Covid-19 pandemic high level exchanges between Bulgaria plus China were interrupted and our side would like to curriculum vitae them. He underlined the need to strike the right balance within the economic field and to expand the Bulgarian import to China. He thanked the SCOFCOM for all support and help extended to the Consulate General of Bulgaria within Shanghai. Having in mind removing all restrictions for arriving at China related to Covid-19 outbreak (from 8 January 2023), he expressed willingness to operate together with SCOFCOM to heighten economic cooperation between Bulgaria and Shanghai and organize more bilateral business meetings within areas of mutual interest. The Consulate Common and the Shanghai Municipal Fee of Commerce (SCOFCOM) have very good working relations and the Chinese side informed in regards to the current economic situation of Shanghai, incl.: in 2022 the city’s GDP is estimated to total 4. 45 trillion yuan (approx. 599 million euro). Shanghai keeps its 1 st place in the world when it comes to port-trade volume and appropriately, one of SCOFCOM’s missions is to continue to expand the transfer of high quality products. Under the directions of Ministry of Business of China (MOFCOM) within the last few years Shanghai has been endeavoring to establish itself as a Initial area for e-commerce cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The city will certainly continue to encourage Shanghainese businesses to seek market opportunities abroad, especially in countries which are section of the BRI and develop cooperation between Shanghainese and Bulgarian companies – cooperation that will already has a sound basis. On 12 January 2023 the Consul General Vladislav Spasov met the Director of the Shanghai in china Municipal Commission of Commerce Mr. Gu Jun.
