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MINSK, 14 December (BelTA) – Belarus is working hard to promote Belarusian products to major Chinese online stores, BelTA learned from Belarusian Deputy Trade Minister Irina Narkevich on 14 December.

According to the source, some of the products made by the Belarusian light industry concern Bellegprom are already promoted via Alibaba and AliExpress. A delegation of the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange has been to China. They have the technology and work is in progress to establish the relevant interaction. Belarus has come to terms with major Chinese online stores. Representatives of the stores will come to Belarus for the sake of promoting Belarusian products. “We are interested in it, said Irina Narkevich. “And they are interested in it, too, because after a certain period of active expansion of Chinese products onto global markets they are interested in quality imports of the medium price range. Just what we make.”

Efforts to vigorously promote Belarusian products into Chinese online stores are stipulated by Belarus president directive No. 5 on the development of Belarus-China relations. The document determines the main directions of cooperation with China: deep and mutual integration of industries and enterprises, information and communication technologies, the establishment of joint research and science to practice centers, the joint development of industry science, direct and systemic interregional cooperation, the establishment of a regional center for Chinese studies and interaction with China in Belarus.