Indian traders excited about reopening businesses

Indian entrepreneur Sunil Kumar is excited about resuming his business in China on Monday after two-and-a-half years of restrictions caused by COVID-19.

Yiwu, a thriving center of commodities trade in Zhejiang province, is host to a large number of Indian traders.

As many as 107 Indian traders and businessmen who were stuck in India since March 2020 landed in Hangzhou, the provincial capital, on Aug 9 on a China Southern Airlines charter flight from New Delhi. They were greeted at the airport with banners in English and Chinese celebrating their arrival.