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UNIDO confirms participation at 2016 CIFIT

(chinadaily.com.cn) Updated:2016-07-26

The United Nations Industrial  Development Organization (UNIDO) confirmed its attendance at this year’s China  International Fair for Investment & Trade, held in Xiamen in  September. 

Li Yong, director-general of UNIDO,  will head a delegation to the fair for a third time.

As one of the fair’s sponsors, UNIDO  has strengthened its cooperation with the fair to achieve fruitful results.  

To mark the 50th  anniversary of the organization, a special exhibition will be staged to showcase  its dedication to promoting sustainable development and inclusiveness  worldwide.

UNIDO will help organize the  International Investment Forum (IIF) for 2016, a fixture on the fair’s calendar.  Li Yong will give speeches at the IIF’s keynote forum and other major events of  the fair.

Political dignitaries from countries  such as Senegal and Ethiopia are invited to attend a forum on investment in  Africa, which will also be organized by the organization during the fair.  

The organization will release a  report on industrial transformation in Ethiopia. The report was compiled by a  team of analysts led by Lin Yifu, director of Peking University’s Center for New  structural Economics.

Li Yong applauded the organization’s  cooperation with the fair over the past decade to push for inclusiveness and  sustainable growth worldwide.

The fair’s organizers and the UNIDO  pledged to share their resources to do more to promote industrial development  and multilateral cooperation. 


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