Now, the spotlight has been directed at Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek, who initiated the Malaysian Durian Festival 2017 in Nanning in Guangxi Province, as a move to strengthen the “Durian Diplomacy”. Residents from Guangxi Province visiting the Malaysian Durian Festival 2017 in Nanning. “I have met with their leaders, their industry captains, and all of them are keen enough to help us. These include the way we market it, the way we package it, so that it is presentable to the Chinese. As former Chinese ambassador to Malaysia Huang Huikang said, Sino-Malaysian relations should move up over the next 40 years to reach mutual dependency.

Source: New Strait Times November 06, 2017 14:15 UTC