Chinese investors express confidence in Pakistan’s economic potential
Chinese business the delegation visited Allama Iqbal Industrial City under the CPEC in Faisalabad, Punjab and met with Chairman Faisalabad Industrial Estate Development and Management Company (FIEDMC). The Chinese delegation examined M-3 Special Economic Zone to enhance the profound bilateral trade ties and explore the new avenues of investment. Chairman FIEDMC, Mian Kashif Ashfaq informed the Chinese investors that M-3 SEZ would host Rs357 billion local and foreign investments for multiple projects. Moreover, He added that 25 Chinese companies have signed agreements for investment in Allama Iqbal Industrial City. Chairman also apprised that Export Processing Zone (EPZ) within the M-3 SEZ would enjoy 10 years’ import custom-duty exemption. Chinese enterprisers expressed satisfaction over Pakistan’s economic potential and were optimistic to move forward the bilateral economic bond.
ISLAMABAD: Chinese business delegation on Wednesday visited Allama Iqbal Industrial City to strengthen bilateral trade relations through exploring business potential and investment opportunities.
The delegation visited the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) of Faisalabad Industrial Estate Development and Management Company (FIEDMC) under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. Both sides discussed issues for improvement in various sectors and projects, said a press release.
Highlighting the development projects of the FIEDMC, Mian Kashif Ashfaq said that around Rs357 billion foreign and local investments will be injected into various projects, which clearly indicates that investors have reposed complete confidence in the present regime. More than 25 Chinese firms have made agreements to invest in the industrial city, he added.
He said that Allama Iqbal Industrial City has been planned over an area of 4,000 acres, which is strategically located on Motorway M-4 near Sahianwala Interchange, Faisalabad.
He further said that all industries within the export processing zone will be exempted from tax for a period of 10 years and plants, machinery, raw material and other equipment can be imported duty-free.
Representatives of the Chinese delegation said Pakistan and China were all-weather strategic co-operative partners and their partnership was aimed at promoting peace, development and prosperity in the region.
They stressed that the Chinese investors were confident about Pakistan’s economic potential and hoped that the economic relationship between the two countries would increase.
Later, the delegation visited different parts of industrial city and expressed their satisfaction over the pace of development of various ongoing projects.
The FIEDMC chairman said the importance of the CPEC as a strategic alternative is immense, leveraging the economic opportunities that can unleash its strategic significance and bring prosperity, peace, as well as stability in the whole region.
New Gwadar International Airport to boost regional connectivity and economic growth in Pakistan
GWADAR, Pakistan, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) — Khalid Kakar, airport manager of Gwadar Airport …
Pakistan to hand over Karachi Industrial Park to China to Boost SEZs
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s government is piloting a strategy to revitalise its Special Economic Zones (SEZs) …
