Venezuela articulates commercial strategy with businessmen prior to the opening of the CIIE 2026
MPPRE Press
Published at: 05/11/2026 04:33 PM
One day before the opening of the 9th China International
Import Expo (CIIE), the national delegation met in Shanghai
with businessmen who bring their exportable offer to the commercial stand in Venezuela.
The meeting served to define objectives, organize the
registration of business meetings and coordinate work between
institutions during the six days of the fair.
Participants included Andrea Corao Fanía, president of the Export
Promotion Agency (Venexporta); José Gregorio Briceño, Deputy Minister of Fishery
Processing and Distribution of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture;
Atilio Villasmil, Consul General of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in Shanghai; Marisela Velásquez, Governor of Nueva Esparta State; and Nerisa Colmenares
, director of International Fairs at the Ministry of Fisheries and
Aquaculture.
Deputy Minister Briceño, head of the delegation, said that
“this is a fair of absolute commercial interest” and that
Venezuela's participation comes at a time of diversification of the national economy.
He explained that the scope of this work is not limited to the
exporter, because it reaches the entire supply chain behind each
product. “Every matchmaking, every B2B and every conversation counts. Each and every
one of us must become a seller,” he said.
The president of Venexporta, Andrea Corao Fanía, presented the
proposal to systematize the commercial information generated at the fair
and stressed the importance of recording each meeting with buyers.
Lisbeth Rosales, from the Promotions Management, explained the
form that the teams will use to collect each meeting, the
purchase intentions and the preliminary agreements.
Governor Marisela Velásquez conveyed the greetings of
President Delcy Rodríguez Gómez and highlighted what Nueva Esparta offers for
export, starting with fishing, in addition to agriculture and minerals such as magnesite.
It also reported that eight investors are developing tourism
projects on the islands of Margarita, Cubagua and Coche.
For her part, Nerisa Colmenares called on the teams to join
forces “so that Venezuela leaves its name high”.
Venezuela has participated in the CIIE since its first edition:
six times in person and three times in virtual format. This is the second
time it has done so in the agro-industrial pavilion, with 42 companies from 15 states at stand
8.2C3-04 in Hall 8.2.
Mazo News Team/MPPRE