| Irish Minister of State for Trade and Commerce Billy Kelleher Leads Trade Visit to China |
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| Saturday,October 17,2009 Posted: 00:34 BJT(1634 GMT) |
| From:驻爱尔兰使馆经商参处 Article type:Original |
The Irish Minister for Trade and Commerce Mr. Billy Kelleher T.D. began a week long trade visit consisting of thirteen Irish companies to the People's Republic of China on Sunday 11th October 2009. The visit takes in Beijing, Shanghai, Dalian and Chengdu and involves several high level political and business meetings.
The trade mission mainly focuses on the Financial Services and the Education sectors. The companies participating on the mission are drawn from these sectors and are committed to growing their businesses in China.
Speaking in the “Global Economy Growth Summit” in Beijing on 12th October, Minister Kelleher highlighted the importance of the growing trade links with China which is now Ireland’s tenth largest export market globally. Irish exports to China have grown from €7 million in 1979 to over €2.3 billion in 2008. Similarly, there has been a steady increase in sales by Chinese companies in Ireland and bilateral trade is now worth over €6.5 billion annually.
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