‘Expanding mutually beneficial cooperation’ cashmere forum taking place
Society
Ulaanbaatar
/MONTSAME/ Today, on July 23, the fourth edition of the Mongolia-China cashmere
forum themed ‘Expanding mutually beneficial cooperation’ is being organized at
the conference hall of the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry
with the involvement of authorities from the ministry, Mongolian Wool and Cashmere Association and its member companies, China Chamber of Commerce of Import and Export of Foodstuffs, Native Produce and Animal By-Products (CFNA), and China’s major cashmere
producers.
In his opening remarks, Acting State Secretary and Head of Department of Public Administration and Management of the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry T.Jambaltseren stressed the importance of developing joint strategies for the global market while pointing out that Mongolia and China are big suppliers that account for around 90 percent of the global cashmere production.
“For
instance, it is important to take measures to maintain cashmere price and
quality on the global market”
“It is
worthy to note that we started to adopt environmentally friendly approaches to
the preparation and production of cashmere raw materials and are aligning them
with the concept of sustainable development”
He also
underlined that the businesses of the two countries have to reach mutually
beneficial unanimous decision as well as to strengthen and maintain their
cooperation.
The
participants are conferring on the topics ‘Sustainable development of cashmere
industry on the world market – Pursuing mutually beneficial cooperation’, ‘Supply
chain and sustainability’, ‘Reform of Mongolia’s cashmere industry and
opportunities for cooperation’, and ‘Export—import analysis of cashmere
products’, as well as the issues regarding environmentally friendly cashmere
production and the current state and further development of bilateral cashmere
cooperation.