According to Total News, quoted by Mehr, Mojtaba Ghadamgahi said, what we have seen in the past years is that the prosperity and dynamism of this exhibition is increasing year by year, and this shows that the Expo exhibition is seen internationally.
The Vice President of International Business Development of the Organization for the development of scientific and technological cooperation called the development of knowledge-based companies one of the issues considered and emphasized by the country’s officials and said, the view of the country and the government is that by activating and growing Knowledge-based economy, as a result, we will have a faster and more effective economic growth than if we only sell raw materials.
Referring to the active presence of knowledge-based companies to show their export capabilities in Expo 2024, he added, this year, knowledge-based companies are located in hall 37A for the first time, which is the permanent center of the Danesh Banyan exhibition, and the general public can visit this exhibition. In previous years, only officials and trade delegations were allowed to visit, but this year the entrance is open to the public.
Ghadamgahi said, Expo 2024 started on Saturday, April 27, and so far foreign delegations and high-ranking officials of countries have visited the achievements of Iranian knowledge foundations, including the Head of the Russian Chamber of Commerce, the Deputy Minister of Industry of Uzbekistan, the Minister of Trade Oman, the Minister of High Technology Industry of the UAE, the Head of the Turkish Chamber of Commerce and the ambassadors of Uruguay, Venezuela and Uzbekistan pointed out.
Prediction about 20% share of export contracts of Expo 2024
The Vice President of International Business Development of Scientific and Technological Cooperation Development Organization while announcing that a total of 400 million dollars worth of contracts were signed at the expo last year, and said, this year, it is expected that a billion dollar contract will be signed at this exhibition and we hope that the share of knowledge bases in the contracts is more than 20%, i.e. 250 million dollars.