Webinar held with the Sri Lanka –China Business Council of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce

The Sri Lanka-China Business Council of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce organized a Webinar on “COVID-19: China’s experience” on 30  April 2020 with the participation of Consul General of Sri Lanka in Shanghai Manorie Mallikaratchy, and Trade Finance Representative, Bank of China in Colombo Indika Karunarathne, Sri Lanka's Consulate General in Shanghai said. The discussion was moderated by President, Sri Lanka –China Business Council Thulitha Mendis.

Over 150 companies in Sri Lanka were registered with over 200 registrations and participants who took part in the webinar by sending questions for the resource persons in advance.

The Consul General’s presentation covered areas such as safety measures adopted by China in containing the spread of COVID-19, current status of the market with regard to COVID -19 pandemic,  new trends, as well as rules in facilitation of imported goods into the Chinese market, practical issues with regard to sea and air freight operations, new opportunities for Sri Lanka in the post COVID-19 scenario as well as general analysis of the pandemic and use of technology in overcoming challenges caused by the current situation.

According to the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce this is the first international webinar that they held in order to update its membership on the market trends in China.