Entrepreneur Development Deputy Minister Mohd Hatta Mohd Ramli has embarked on a three-day working visit to China.

In a statement today, the Ministry of Entrepreneur Development said Hatta would be delivering opening remarks together with China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Vice-Minister Wang Jiang Ping at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) business forum. 

The ministry said Hatta will highlight Malaysia’s hosting of the Apec Summit next year and the role which the ministry will assume in promoting the development of an enabling environment, fostering capacity building for SMEs and enhancing synergy with other Apec fora and relevant stakeholders, to encourage the development and growth of SMEs in the region.

He will also be visiting the Bantian Huawei campus and receive a briefing on Huawei’s cloud market development.

The deputy minister is also scheduled to witness the signing ceremony of a memorandum of understanding and a memorandum of agreement between the Melaka Halal Hub Sdn Bhd with Beijing China-Bee Science & Technology Development Co Ltd and New Hope Dairy Co Ltd in Kunming respectively, it said.

The ministry said it will be organising the Apec SME Week, which will run from Sept 21-24 next year, at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre. - Bernama