Dec 2025
The Ninth CAREC Think Tank Development Forum
The Ninth CAREC Think Tank Development Forum will be ho
The Ninth CAREC Think Tank Development Forum will be ho
Date: 2–3 December 2025 Location: Urumqi, Xinjiang, Peo
Based on research evidence, CI believes that the key to economic diversification and growth is SME. SME has been a recurring theme of CI's programming. During the past two years, CI has conducted workshops on SME development and SME financing. The logical next step is to explore trade financing of SMEs engaged in trade in order to review the challenges in SME trade financing for increasing SME trading for the broader agenda of regional integration.