China Light Industrial Corporation for Foreign Economic and Technical Co-operation (CLETC), founded in April 1983, is a wholly state-owned backbone enterprise for foreign economic and trade co-operation established with the approval of the State Council and a central enterprise under the direct supervision of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council. At the end of 2008, upon approval by the State Council, three central enterprises including CLETC, the former China National Light Industrial Group and China Haisum International Engineering Investment Corporation (Group) were reorganized to establish the new China National Light Industrial (Group) Corporation (SINOLIGHT).
CLETC mainly engages in domestic and overseas project contracting, foreign labor service co-operation, foreign economic aid projects of the government, import and export of assembly equipment and other commodities, domestic and overseas exhibitions, domestic and overseas industrial investment and foreign consulting service. The company has three wholly-owned subsidiaries and six joint stock companies in China, and two sugar making companies controlled by it in the Republic of Mali in West Africa. Besides, the company also has set up branches in many countries in the world.
Here is the department of CLETC special dealing with the export business of home decorations, gifts and crafts.
