The 28th Beijing Traditional New Year Fair held here served as a platform promoting Pakistani goods. “8,000 yuan? OK I’ll take one!” A Pakistani bronze deer sculpture worth ? 8,000 ($1,112) was favored by a Chinese customer and he could hardly wait scanning the QR code to pay.
These glittering bronze sculptures from Pakistan, along with other goods from home and abroad, wowed visitors attending the fair, China Economic Net (CEN) reported on Monday. As per the organizer, this year’s fair covers an area of more than 10,000 square meters, gathering a total of more than 500 merchants. “[Spring Festival is the] Biggest occasion of the Chinese Lunar Calendar. It’s also a good opportunity for merchants to make a profit,” noted a stallholder from New Zealand.
This time the annual fair served as a platform for showcasing goods from across the globe, including Pakistani jade, wood carvings, bronze carvings, Mongolian cashmere products, Russian chocolate, Australian cereal, Ethiopian cowhide handbags, Indonesian Kopi Luwak, Malaysian durian… Muhammad Abid, who owns the Pakistan booth, has spent four years in China doing business.—INP
