Bulgarian national stand at the Cross-Border e-Commerce Pilot Zone in Hangzhou, China

"It is an honour for me to open the first Bulgarian stand within he comprehensive pilot zone for cross-border e-commerce in Hangzhou", said Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Vassil Groudev during the opening of the Bulgarian national stand at the Cross-Border e-Commerce Pilot Zone in Hangzhou, China. The Deputy Minister highlighted further that he considered highly important the future development of the cooperation in the field of agriculture and food between Bulgaria and China. "I hope that more consumers at the Chinese market will have the opportunity to get acquainted with the agricultural products of our country, and today we put a good start," said Groudev.

This is the first pilot stand, established under the Association for the Promotion of Agricultural Cooperation between China and the countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). It is expected the rest of the 16 countries within the center to open their national stands in the pilot zone, too.

During the opening ceremony visitors were able to taste Bulgarian products such as yogurt, honey and wine. Jams, juices and rose cosmetics were also exhibited.

The project for the stand includes development of cooperation by providing financial, logistics services and business standards in the pilot zone for cross-border e-commerce. The Bulgarian side announced its intention to build a logistics center at the port of Burgas.