SMEs to get help with expansion

China will bolster support for small and medium-sized enterprises as they expand overseas for raw materials, sales and research and development, an official with the country's industrial regulator said on Friday.

Ma Xianghui, head of the bureau of SMEs under the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said at a news briefing that the authority will ramp up efforts to encourage SMEs to tap into the global market and promote their brands, technologies, sales and services.

To help them explore the global market, the ministry will support them by establishing various domestic demonstration centers for their products and technologies, he said.