{"id":951,"date":"2014-06-13T11:40:18","date_gmt":"2014-06-13T11:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thebizsense.com\/za\/?p=951"},"modified":"2014-07-22T10:50:51","modified_gmt":"2014-07-22T10:50:51","slug":"apply-for-sa-expo-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebizsense.com\/za\/news\/apply-for-sa-expo-in-china","title":{"rendered":"Apply for SA Expo in China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebizsense.com\/za\/files\/2013\/09\/cn-za.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-835\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thebizsense.com\/za\/files\/2013\/09\/cn-za.jpg\" alt=\"China - South Africa\" width=\"590\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thebizsense.com\/za\/files\/2013\/09\/cn-za.jpg 590w, https:\/\/www.thebizsense.com\/za\/files\/2013\/09\/cn-za-300x152.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Department of Trade and Industry (dti) has invited companies to apply for participation at the South African Expo and Investment Seminars to be held in China, in October.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Companies targeted are those operating in the agro-processing, chemicals, plastics, steel, aluminium, automotive, electro-technical, transport, mining and renewable energy sectors, among others.<\/p>\n<p>The expos will take place in Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Shanghai and Beijing from 20 to 31 October.<\/p>\n<p>The annual events are aimed at promoting trade and diplomatic ties between South Africa and China.<\/p>\n<p>Minister Rob Davies said the expo will provide South African companies with an opportunity to explore the market in China and gain inroads into the Asian region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBusinesses that wish to be part of these events should apply to the dti before 27 June 2014 and should have been in business for at least three years, possess a proven business track record and be competitive in the South African market.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe companies should also be export-ready, have exported previously, and have the capacity to timeously supply any export orders arising out of the visit,\u201d said Minister Davies.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s programme will, amongst others, include exhibitions, wine-tasting and investment seminars.<\/p>\n<p>Companies, which will be selected, will be assisted through the department\u2019s Export Marketing and Investment Assistance (EMIA).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Trade and Industry (dti) has invited companies to apply for participation at the South African Expo and Investment Seminars to be held in China, in October.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":835,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20,27,1,4],"tags":[674,710,72,706],"class_list":["post-951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-china","category-featured","category-news","category-trade","tag-674","tag-china","tag-industry","tag-trade"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebizsense.com\/za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebizsense.com\/za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebizsense.com\/za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebizsense.com\/za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebizsense.com\/za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=951"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebizsense.com\/za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":952,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebizsense.com\/za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/951\/revisions\/952"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebizsense.com\/za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebizsense.com\/za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebizsense.com\/za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebizsense.com\/za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}