Chinese commodities distribution center in Europe completes construction
29/10/2008 17:13
The Chinese Commodities Distribution Center in Europe has completed
construction and held a ceremony to mark the occasion in The Hague
yesterday.
Zhang Wei, vice president of China Council for the Promotion of
International Trade (CCPIT), and the Hague's Vice Mayor Henk Kool attended the
ceremony.
The distribution center, which began construction five years ago,
lies in the business area on the outskirts of the Hague, and is only 25 km away
from Rotterdam, the largest port in Europe.
The center's convenient location
makes it easy to transport Chinese shipping goods to major European markets
using the developed Dutch roads and railways.
The distribution center is
undergoing its final touches now, and will be put into use next March.
With
an exhibition area of 9,000 square meters, the center has 500
international-standard booths and a supermarket covering more than 10,000 square
meters.
According to the center's chairman, Yang Jinfa, the Netherlands is
China's second largest trading partner among European Union nations and many
Chinese commodities enter Europe through the Dutch channel every year.
The
center plans to attract 200 to 300 Chinese enterprises to base, with about 100
having confirmed they would join. The targeted commodities will be mainly
furniture, construction material, toys, lamps, and so on, based on European
market needs and the advantages of Chinese products.
Xinhua
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