21st Annual General Meeting of the Sri Lanka

The 21st Annual General Meeting of the Sri Lanka – China Business Council of the Ceylon Chamber
of Commerce was held on 09th November 2022 at the Cinnamon Grand, Colombo. The Chief
Guest, His Excellency Dr. Palitha Kohona, Ambassador of Sri Lanka in China, as well as Mrs. Nalika
Kodikara the Economic and Commercial Counsellor, Embassy of Sri Lanka in China, and Mr. LI
Guangjun, the Economic and Commercial Counsellor, Embassy of People’s Republic of China
joined the meeting online.

The Sri – Lanka China Business Council established on April 26, 2001, was formed under the aegis
of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce. The Council was formed at the request of the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs with the main objective of promoting trade, investment, services and tourism
between Sri Lanka and China.

Mr. Chaminda Perera, Co-Founder / Director of Deranya (Private) Ltd was elected by the
members, as the President of the Sri Lanka – China Business Council for the year 2022-2023. Mr.
Haroun Cader, Sinwa Holdings Ltd was elected as the Senior Vice President and Ms. Minidi
Gamalath, Sudath Perera Associates was elected as the Vice President of the Sri Lanka – China
Business Council for the period 2022 – 2023. Mr. Aruna Perera served on the Committee as the
Immediate Past President. The Business Council members: Acorn Aviation (Private) Ltd., Bank of
China Colombo Branch, David Peiris Motor Company (Pvt) Ltd., Ernst & Young, Heritage Teas (Pvt)
Ltd., Prima Ceylon (Pvt) Ltd., Singer Sri Lanka PLC, Spillburg Holdings (Pvt) Ltd., South Asia
Gateway Terminals (Pvt) Ltd., and Sunshine Tea (Pvt) Ltd were elected as Committee Members
for the year 2022-2023.