20 countries will participate in Expo 2019 Beijing

On April 13, the Organizing Committee of Expo 2019 Beijing held a briefing meeting with diplomatic envoys at Beijing Hotel. More than 80 diplomatic envoys to China and representatives of international organizations in China attended the meeting.

Wang Jinzhen, Member of Organizing Committee of Expo 2019 Beijing, Commissioner General of Expo 2019 Beijing; Jiang Zengwei, Deputy Chairmanof Organizing Committee;Jiang Zehui, Deputy Chairwoman of Organizing Committee and other government officials presented the conference.

20 countries will participate in the expo and the invitation received positive feedback

Expo 2019 Beijing, approved by the International Association of Horticultural Producers and International Exhibitions Bureau, is the highest-level State-sponsored international horticultural exhibition.

Following Kunming International Horticultural Exposition1999 and Shanghai World Expo 2010, it is regarded as the largest and highest-level international expo over the past decade.

Since August 2016, the Chinese government issued invitations to a wide range of international communities, kicking off the international promotional work.

So far, hundreds of countries have shown their interest in the expo. Twenty countries including India, Sudan, Algeria and North Korea have been confirmed to participate in this distinguished gathering.

The Netherlands, India and some other countries have already send out their staff to the expo park to choose their exhibition areas. Officials from the German, the United Kingdom, Italian and other countries' embassies said they will confirm their participation soon and send designers to pick exhibition locations.

Columbia Counsellor Alejandro ROA said, China's market and development potential are significant for his country. Columbia will promote their flower products based on the platform of Expo 2019 Beijing, and establish long-term cooperative relations with the provinces, cities and enterprises in China.

Zhou Jian Ping, Executive Deputy Director General of Expo 2019 Beijing said, Expo 2019 Beijing will attract more than 100 participant countries. 2017 is a crucial year for theirpromotional work and they will strive to confirm 80 participating countries in total, Zhou said.