Advanced and feasible technologies developed by Chinese companies have attracted many businessmen from the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) to the second China-ASEAN Expo which ended in Nanning Saturday.

Myanmar businessman U-Aung-Lwin, lingering in the exhibition hall of advanced and feasible technologies, said that he will "be sure to make good money" if he introduces the new technologies for commercial production of animal and poultry vaccines and the effective utilization of low-value fish to southeast Asia.

These technologies have been widely applied in China's rural areas and have yielded enormous economic benefits for the rural population.

China started cooperation with the five GMS nations, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam, in 1992. A number of agricultural technologies, including rice and vegetable planting and sea food processing, have been introduced to these nations.

Vu-Tien-Loc, chairman of the Vietnamese federation of chambers of industry and commerce, said that China and the other GMS nations face great cooperative potential in the farm produce processing industry. He called on China to export more agricultural technology and equipment to and import more primitive farm produce from the other GMS countries.

U-Win-Myint, chairman of Myanmar federation of chambers of industry and commerce, said there is still 9.2 million hectare arable land to be exploited in his country. China's advanced farming technologies would help Myanmar reduce poverty more rapidly, he said.

Cao Yihua, an official of the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology, said 400 advanced and feasible technological items put on display at the exposition were all adapted to the conditions in countries such as Vietnam, Laos and Myanmar.

"This will not only help these countries to boost development of agriculture, but also facilitate the export of advanced technologies and products to member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

Wu Qibin, who runs an agricultural technology company in south China, said Chinese enterprises would to the country's along the Mekong River to seek business partners worry-free if there is government support and legal guarantee.

He said he was optimistic about the prospect of applying China's advanced and feasible technologies to the vast land of these countries.

Source: Xinhua