FIPA at the 5th Investment and Trade Summit China 16 + 1
The FIPA delegation led by Director Gordan
Milinić participated in Ningbo, China, at the 5th Investment and
Trade Summit of China and countries of Central and Eastern Europe within the
Investment and Trade Fair. At the Investment Cooperation Meeting organized to
establish contacts with Chinese companies, FIPA provided information on BiH's
business environment for foreign investors, and presented some of the largest
and most attractive projects of the energy, infrastructure, transport, tourism
and metal processing sectors.
The Agency has prepared a total of hundred
projects for direct meetings with Chinese investors, both from the mentioned
sectors, as well as from the IT sector, healthcare, auto industry and food
production.
In addition to the delegation from Bosnia and
Herzegovina, the conference was attended by the delegations of Croatia,
Macedonia, Greece, Serbia, Slovenia, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Bulgaria,
Romania, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Albania.
The representatives of FIPA also participated
in the Matchmaking Symposium for Foreign Economic and Trade Zones, where free
and business zones of BiH were presented to Chinese investors. Chinese
companies have shown interest in cooperating with the BiH authorities on the
construction of industrial zones, on renewable energy sources (especially solar
parks), IT and Business Process services, transport and infrastructure, health
and spa tourism, considering the abolition of visa regime for all types of
passports between China and BiH.
All of these events represent a great
opportunity to establish a closer co-operation with China and to increase Chinese
investments, especially taking into account Chinese economic development.
The FIPA delegation visited the pavilion in
which companies from Bosnia and Herzegovina exhibited their products, and
together with the Sarajevo Canton delegation met representatives of the city of
Ningbo to discuss the successful organization of the First Investment Forum
BiH-Ningbo in November 2018 in Sarajevo, as well as further plans for
cooperation.