(Jakarta News) Yan Bing, District Mayor of Chancheng District, Foshan City, Li Kai, Deputy Director of the Foshan Municipal Commerce Bureau, Hou Tong, Deputy Director of the Chancheng District Government Office, Chen Shukai, Director of the Shiwan Town Sub-district Office, and other 11-member delegation, 2024 Visited the Indonesian Chinese Chamber of Commerce at 2:30 pm on May 27 (Monday), and was welcomed by Vice Chairman Chen Xin, Secretary General Zhou Weiliang, Supervisory Committee Member Chen Bonian and other directors.
Indonesia has always attached great importance to exchanges and cooperation with China. The "Marine Fulcrum Power" construction plan proposed by the Indonesian government echoes the "Belt and Road" initiative. The "golden signboard" of cooperation between the two countries is the "Jakarta-Bandung High-speed Railway" and the "Regional Comprehensive Plan". Economic corridors, industrial parks, etc. have achieved fruitful results in cooperation. Last year, China’s investment in Indonesia reached US$7.4 billion, continuing to become Indonesia’s second largest source of foreign investment.
With the full entry into force of RCEP (Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement) in Indonesia, it will also bring more cooperation opportunities for trade and investment between the two countries. The bilateral trade volume between China and Indonesia will reach US$139.4 billion in 2023, and China has been Indonesia's largest trading partner for 11 consecutive years. We very much welcome Chinese companies to set up manufacturing and production bases in Indonesia, make good use of Indonesia's resources and labor advantages, share the tariff advantages of RCEP, and truly achieve joint consultation, joint construction, sharing and win-win.
Guangdong is the province with the highest GDP in China and is the leader of China's economy. Foshan, as the economic center of Guangdong Province, is famous overseas as the business card of Made in China. Today, District Mayor Yan Bing personally led a delegation to visit. We are very happy and welcome Foshan entrepreneurs to bring advanced manufacturing technology and craftsmanship to Indonesia and participate in Indonesia's economic and social construction.
Indonesian Chinese Entrepreneur Association will continue to actively leverage its platform advantages to provide everyone with necessary consultation and assistance. We hope that entrepreneurs from our two countries can work together to create a better future of cooperation. Finally, I wish everyone a successful trip to Indonesia and a prosperous career.
Yan Bing, the mayor of Chancheng District, Foshan City, pointed out that Foshan is an important pole city in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, the third largest city in Guangdong Province, an important node city in the “Belt and Road Initiative” and the Maritime Silk Road, and is also famous as one of the world’s gourmet cities. The capital and the city of Kung Fu has strong economic strength and strong industrial advantages. In 2023, Guangdong Province's GDP will reach 13.6 trillion yuan, accounting for about 1/10 of the whole of China; Foshan City's GDP will reach 1.37 trillion yuan, accounting for about 1/10 of the entire province of Guangdong. "Two 1/10" is enough to show that Foshan Its economic status in Guangdong and China. As an important manufacturing base in China, Foshan has created two trillion-level industrial clusters in home furnishing and equipment manufacturing. In 2023, the total industrial output value above designated size will exceed RMB 3 trillion.
Chancheng is the city center of Foshan. It has an area of 154 square kilometers and a permanent population of 1.37 million. The GDP in 2023 will reach 238.75 billion yuan. In 2023, Chancheng's high-quality economic development will rank first among all districts in Foshan, ranking 16th among China's top 100 districts for comprehensive strength and 11th among China's top 100 districts for investment potential.
Yan Bing said that he hoped that through this visit to Indonesian Chinese Entrepreneur Association, exchanges and cooperation between the two sides in the fields of economy, trade, investment and other fields can be further strengthened in the future. We sincerely invite everyone to take a walk in Foshan, take a look at Chancheng, experience the Lingnan style, and taste Cantonese cuisine. Finally, I wish you good health, prosperous business, and peace with your family.
After the two sides concluded their exchanges, Zhou Weiliang, Secretary General of Indonesian Chinese Entrepreneur Association and Ni Yi, Executive Chairman of the Foshan Chancheng District Import and Export Enterprises Chamber of Commerce, signed a memorandum of cooperation. Later, Chen Xin, Vice President of Indonesian Chinese Entrepreneur Association and Yan Yan, Foshan Chancheng District The ice district chiefs exchanged souvenirs and took photos with representatives from both sides.
