President visit Infinit Tea Centre in Beijing
Posted by ONLANKA Newsroom on August 11, 2011 - 8:57 am
H.E. President, Mahinda Rajapaksa who is on a four day official tour in China inspected the infinit tea centre in Beijing , which is a premier tea institute in the capital, today (10th).
The institute only imports tea from Sri Lanka and has 22 centres throughout China. The infinit centre purchases 50 tons of tea annually. The quantity is expected to exceed one hundred tons by next year.
External Affairs Minister Prof. G.L. Peris, Parliamentarian Sajin Vass Gunawardena, Ambassador for Sri Lanka in China, Ranjith Uyangoda, Chinese Ambassador in Sri Lanka, Ms. Yang su Ping, Chairman of Infinit Tea Centre Huang Young Jiang and Consultant, Chu Dicc also participated.
Source: Government News Portal
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