(Jakarta News) Shanghai Counselor's Office Director Mo Yunchun, Deputy Director of the Counselor's Office Cai Cai, Director of the Counselor's Office Ding Jialai and counselors Li An, Wang Jianhua, and Gu Honghui visited at 11:30 am on October 30, 2024 (Wednesday) Indonesian Chinese Entrepreneur Association was warmly welcomed by Secretary General Zhou Weiliang, Vice Chairman Jiang Miaocheng, Permanent Honorary Chairman Chen Zhikun, Senior Advisor Hong Peicai, Vice Chairman Weng Hualing and Lin Songshi.
Secretary-General Zhou Weiliang said, Hello everyone! First of all, on behalf of the Indonesian Chinese Entrepreneur Association, I would like to extend a warm welcome and sincere greetings to all guests.
Zhou Weiliang said that as the fourth most populous country in the world, Indonesia has a total population of about 281 million, more than half of whom are young people under the age of 30. Its superior demographic dividend has provided sufficient human resources for Indonesia's economic construction and also demonstrated its huge potential. consumption potential! At the same time, Indonesia is also the country with the largest overseas Chinese population in the world. There are more than 50 million overseas Chinese and 20 million are in Indonesia. The Indonesian government’s open and inclusive ethnic policies over the years have also allowed the majority of Chinese to better invest in Indonesia’s economic construction. Come in.
As the initiator of the "21st Century Maritime Silk Road", Indonesia has always attached great importance to exchanges and cooperation with China. Last year, the bilateral trade volume between our two countries reached 139.4 billion U.S. dollars, and China's direct investment in Indonesia reached 7.4 billion U.S. dollars, making it Indonesia's largest trading partner and second largest source of investment. Today, there are more than a thousand Chinese-funded companies in Indonesia, playing an important role in infrastructure construction, industrial parks, nickel ore and other mineral downstream industries. More and more Chinese-funded enterprises are also choosing Indonesia as their first overseas destination, injecting new vitality into Indonesia's economic development and providing Chinese enterprises with vast overseas markets and opportunities.
Indonesian Chinese Entrepreneur Association has always maintained good communication and contact with various departments of the Shanghai Municipal Government. In the future, it will continue to actively assist and support the communication and exchanges between entrepreneurs and business associations in the two countries, and promote the communication and exchange between Indonesia and the Shanghai Municipal Government and The business community, through close cooperation in trade, investment, people-to-people and cultural exchanges and other fields, provides necessary support and assistance for everyone visiting and investing in Indonesia. Finally, I wish you all a successful and fruitful trip to Indonesia.
In his speech, Mo Yunchun not only introduced the development and economic and trade overview of Shanghai. He said that the visit of the delegation from the Municipal Government Counselor's Office was mainly to further contact Indonesian Chinese Entrepreneur Association and the business community, maintain exchanges and promote friendship between the two parties, and achieve good results.
At the same time, this visit to Indonesia also allowed us to feel the differences in the development of Shanghai and other cities, and learn new knowledge in the fields of urban public governance and the treatment of foreign investment and foreign trade.
Mo Yangchun said: Indonesia's economic and trade quality is good, its foundation potential is great, and its foreign trade still has a lot of room for development. Finally, everyone is welcome to take the time to visit Shanghai, go sightseeing, and invest in business.
