Tehran is ready to increase direct flights between Iranian and Chinese cities

ISNA - In a meeting with Zhang Guozhi, a permanent member of the Party Committee and deputy executive director of Guangdong Province, China, Mohsen Bakhtiar called for increasing cooperation in various economic, commercial and cultural fields.

Facilitating the export of agricultural and aquatic products from Iran to China, especially Guangdong Province, was another focus of these consultations.

In this meeting, the ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to China announced Iran's readiness to develop the tourism industry between the two countries and also increase direct flights from different Iranian cities to different regions of China.

In this meeting, the holding of exhibitions and cultural weeks between Iran and China, especially holding these cultural events in different cities of Guangdong Province, as well as the development of media interactions and the production of joint products, including films and series, were discussed and exchanged.

Zhang Guozhi also welcomed the proposals made in this meeting and announced the readiness of Guangdong Province to increase bilateral interactions with Iran.

Guangdong Province, centered on Guangzhou, is one of the most important provinces in China, with a GDP of more than $2,000 billion and has had the highest GDP growth among Chinese provinces over the past three decades. The province's foreign trade volume is more than $1,200 billion, accounting for 20 percent of China's foreign trade.

Many important Chinese companies, such as BYD Automobile and the giant Huawei, are located in this province. Shenzhen, with its 12,000 knowledge-based companies, is considered the center of China's new technology production.