ICC and
the China Chamber of International Commerce (CCOIC) have signed a cooperation
agreement to strengthen collaboration and cooperation among chambers of
commerce operating within the New Silk Road Economic Belt, proposed by
the President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping.
The new agreement, to be implemented through ICC World Chambers Federation
(WCF), aims to forge closer economic ties in the Euro-Asia region, home to
more than 3 billion people.
CCOIC put forward its proposal for a Silk Road Economic Belt Collaboration
Initiative to establish collaboration and cooperation between chambers along
the historic trade route at the last meeting of the WCF General Council in
February 2014.
The collaboration initiative comprises three main elements: the Silk Road
International Expo, the Silk Road Expo Park and the E-Silk Road, an online,
cross-border electronic business platform.
Under the terms of the cooperation agreement ICC WCF will raise awareness
of Collaboration Initiative events as well as business and cultural opportunities
among its worldwide network of over 6 million companies, chambers of commerce
and business associations in more than 130 countries.
Yesterday’s signing of the cooperation agreement is ICC’s most recent effort
to leverage synergies and augment collaboration between ICC and CCOIC in line
with commitments outlined in a memorandum of understanding signed in April
2012.
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