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5th Edition

Welcome to Lancang-Mekong Business Forum 2023

Mekong Institute (MI) is organizing the fifth Lancang-Mekong Business Forum (LMBF) with the theme of “Promoting Agribusiness and Investment in Processed Food Sector” on July 3-5, 2023 in Nanning and Pingxiang, P.R.China. The Business Forum is part of a long-term project funded by the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Special Fund (LMCSF) of P.R.China and has been organized by MI in each of the Lancang-Mekong (LM) countries, namely Cambodia, P.R.China, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Vietnam and Thailand since 2018 in coordination with the Ministry of Commerce of Thailand.

In 2023, MI is cooperating with the Foreign Affairs Office and the Department of Commerce, the China-ASEAN Business Center (CABC) and

the Nanning Foreign Affairs Office in Guangxi, P.R.China to co-organize the 5th LMBF in order to promote agribusiness and processed food sector of LM countries.

The Business Forum is an important platform for sharing innovations, good practices, challenges, and opportunities in the agro-food processing industry of LM countries. It provides a unique opportunity for the agro-food processing industry value chain actors to seek potential partners and discuss partnership and investment plans. It allows a transition to sustainable processed-food in LM countries to be established as the ultimate objective.

OUR AGENDA

Agenda Highlights

08:30-09:20

Opening Session

09:20-12:00

Business Seminar

12:00-13:00

Networking LUNCH

14:30-17:30

Onsite Business Matching

08:00-17:00

Structured Learning Visit (SLV)-Pingxiang

08:30-17:00

Structured Learning Visit (SLV)- Nanning

Our Speakers

Our Esteemed Panel of Speakers

Mr. Suriyan Vichitlekarn

Executive Director

Mekong Institute Opening Remarks

Mr. Zhou Tong

Deputy Director General

Guangxi Foreign Affairs Office

Ms. Bai Lan

Deputy Director General

China (Guangxi) Pilot Free Trade Zone Work Office Introduction of the Business Forum

Ms. Xiong Zhilin

Vice-General Manager

Guangxi International Expositions Group Co. Ltd., P. R. China Introduction of the 5th LMBF 2023

Mr. Sa-nga Sattanun

Program Manager

Trade and Investment Facilitation Department, Mekong Institute

Mr. Zhu Xinhua

Vice Director

Guangxi Department of Commerce, Guangxi Department of Commerce

Mr. Wang Bin

Deputy Director

Foreign Trade Division, Guangxi Department of Commerce

Mr. Zhang Rongjian

Vice Director General

Guangxi-ASEAN Economic and Technological Development Zone Management Committee

Mr. Lu Shichang

Director

The Snail Noodle Industry Development Center of Liuzhou, Guangxi

Ms. Zhu Juehong

Ms. Wen Hao

Senior Program Coordinator

Trade and Investment Facilitation Department, Mekong Institute

OUR ORGANIZERS

Organizations that make this possible

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