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1、“ More Romanian Furniture and Wine Will Be in China ” An Exclusive Interview with Mr. Sorin Dimitriu, President of Bucharest Chamber of Commerce and IndustryMr. Sorin Dimitriu, Presi- dent of Bucharest Chamber of Commerce and Industry, is an old friend of China. This August, he visited Beijing for t
2、he Romanian-Chinese Business Forum, along with 35 Romanian enterprises as a large business delegation accompanying Romanian Prime Minister Mr. Emil Bocs visit to China. Less than one month later, he was in Beijing again for the 2011 Beijing International Conference of Friendly Chambers of Commerce i
3、n September. In his career life, he has made great efforts to the promotion of Romanian-Chinese business. On the bilateral trade and investment of between Romania and China, Chinas Foreign Trade took an exclusive interview with Mr. Sorin Dimitriu.Q: You have been to China many times. When was your f
4、irst visit to China? How was the RomaniaChina business at that time? What changes have taken place in bilateral cooperation during all these years in your eyes?A: Romania and China have always had a privileged relationship, even during difficult international contexts and different challenges coming
5、 along.In my quality of Minister under five successive governments, I have dedicated a part of my activity towards the strengthening of the RomanianChinese bilateral dialogue and economic relations.My first visit was in 1997. As Minister of Privatization, I was accompanying Mr. Emil Constantinescu,
6、President of Romania at that time, in his official visit. During our stay in China we participated at different business forums, obtaining financing for some very important Romanian projects, among which 800 billion USD for the metallurgical field (Galati and Hunedoara steel complexes) and 200 billi
7、on USD for the energetic field. With the same occasion, discussions regarding a potential governmental loan from China to Romania were being opened for the first time.In those years, the relationship between the two business environments was not supported by an important number of contracts. However
8、, companies that are now members of the Bucharest Chamber had been contracting and operating projects like the mining plant in Bailong, a refrigerators plant in Changshu or the Pucheng powerstation.Thinking of my last visit in 2011, the results we achieved were definitely the outcome of the numerous
9、 reforms and changes China has passed through. The same improvement has been noticed during the visits to different plants or the companies headquarters, not to mention the constant growth shown by the Romanian-Chinese bilateral commercial relationship in the past years.For sure trade is much freer
10、now and the Romanian side is making efforts, not only to strengthen it but also to balance the current deficit. As a consequence of the measures taken at the national level - to promote the idea of reviving the traditional non-EU markets, our exports have increased with 28% last year and in fact hav
11、e doubled in the last few years. Since consolidating the Romanian-Chinese relationship and increasing the level of coordination in the international and global arena definitely meets the fundamental interests of both parties, Bucharest Chamber of Commerce and Industry has organized in the past three
12、 years four trade missions to China and the fifth is being prepared for October this year. Moreover, in order to further support the increasing trends of the bilateral economic relations, Bucharest Chamber will be opening in the first half of 2012 a representative office in Beijing. The role of this
13、 office will be to promote the Romanian offer, ensure the success of the Romanian initiatives of accessing the Chinese market as well as to offer competent assistance to potential Chinese investors.Q: While you push forward Romanian-Chinese trade and business exchange, what difficulties have you met
14、? What do you think causes the problems? In which way they would improve?A: Just like in any other business, especially the ones involving different cultures, there are more aspects to be considered than usual. Language is just a small part of the story. Different experiences may lead to different e
15、xpectations, thus to disappointments regarding the process of finding a partner and the further development of the partnership. However, as a representative organization of the business environment, we did not encounter problems that didnt have an immediate solution. We deal with the bilateral trade
16、 as a whole and strive to promote it properly. In the same time, we want to outline the excellent collaboration we have been having with the Chinese Embassy in Romania and our partners in China. With their help we have addressed all the inquiries and issues with which the Romanian companies have come to us.Although we could list all of this, we would prefer keeping it like that. Without being too optimist, we would like to reassure the interested parties tha
