Just a few months after forming diplomatic relations with mainland China, Costa Rica will be hosting its first ever trade fair next week, featuring Chinese companies looking to sell their products here.
Organizers say the event has been in the works since before Costa Rica changed diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to the People's Republic of China in June (TT, June 8), and that it was one more step in the process of warming the commercial relationship between the two countries.
Known as the China Trade Exposition, the event will take place from Aug. 22 to 25 at the Hotel Herradura, outside San José .
Thirty Chinese companies will have booths in the 2,400-square-meter space, representing industries from garment and automobile manufacturing to makers of artificial Christmas trees.
The event will be open to the public from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. the first three days, and it will close at 6 p.m. the last day. It is sponsored by the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, a public-private Chinese trade organization that was founded in 1952. |
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