Prinat Apirat, Consul General of Thailand in Shanghai (center) takes a group photo. Photo: Courtesy of the Consulate General of Thailand in Shanghai

Prinat Apirat, Consul General of Thailand in Shanghai, recently attended the opening ceremony and related activities of the 2023 China Yiwu Imported Commodities Fair in Yiwu, East China's Zhejiang Province.

Following this, the Consul General Apirat, together with embassy and consulate representatives, met with, Yiwu City Mayor Ye Bangrui, and the Yiwu Municipal Government made arrangements for Apirat to visit the China Yiwu International Trade City, which is the largest wholesale market of small commodities in the world. 

Apirat also visited Yiwu Port, which is a land port with an efficient online customs clearance system and is seamlessly connected with Ningbo-Zhoushan Port in Zhejiang Province, which has been the world's largest port in terms of cargo throughput for 14 consecutive years.

During this visit, the Consulate General of Thailand in Shanghai also promoted future opportunities for Thai entrepreneurs to participate in the China Yiwu Imported Commodities Fair, and encouraging Yiwu to use Thailand as a regional distribution base.