"We are looking for mineral sourcing from Sri Lanka as well as partnering in logistics and services," he said.
"Within logistics, we are looking specifically for transport, warehousing and in the general value chain of logistics.
We will also look into the possibility of investing in Sri Lanka on logistics.
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Gua Honghai from China Minmetals Non-Ferrous Metals Co Ltd said they were looking for copper, zinc and aluminium suppliers and found out that there were none in Sri Lanka but were interested in the location as a logistics base.
Sri Lanka has ports and airports with quick connections to the Indian subcontinent and other areas.
India has become a large importer of Chinese goods with bi-lateral trade at over 66 billion rupees last year.
China has financed a second international airport and an industrial port in Hambantota in the South.
A Chinese state-firm has also built a container terminal in Colombo.
"We have identified one Lankan partner firm for trading in activa