BEIRUT, May 12 (Xinhua) -- China will promote more high-tech and self-branded products to export to Lebanon, said Ge Hua, commercial counselor of the Chinese embassy in Beirut, in an exclusive interview with Xinhua.

Ge said that the Chinese products exported to Lebanon have upgraded a lot in recent years. In 2009, 34 percent of the total export value is from mechanical and electronic products. However, the major items from China to Lebanon are still toys, plastics, furniture and some other labor-intensive products.

Ge's remarks came as Lebanese Foreign Minister Ali Chami went to China to join the upcoming ministerial conference of China-Arab Cooperation Forum held in east China city of Tianjin.

Ge said that since as much as 10,000 Lebanese coming to China for business every year, more and more Lebanese have learned that Chinese products are not only competitive on prices but also on quality. Chinese products are no longer the synonyms of cheap and low-quality. Now some Chinese branded companies, like Meiling, Gree, Chery, Geely etc. have established exclusive agents in Lebanon.

She added that Chinese products will also take advantage of the trade-oriented Lebanese market to promote themselves to the Middle East, Africa and Western markets.

With 14 million diaspora around the world, three times than its population, Lebanon has the tradition of trading and doing business, and trade is also the most important economic sector of the country.
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