The Trade and Economic Advisor of the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in BiH Mr Lei Jianzhong and the Director of the Foreign Investment Promotion Agency of BiH (FIPA) Gordan Milinić discussed the participation of the Chinese business delegation, which will have 200 members at the upcoming Sarajevo Business Forum (SBF), that represents, according to the interlocutors, a great opportunity for growing economic cooperation between the two countries and Chinese investments in BiH.
Mr Jianzhong also
announced the participation of Chinese companies at Mostar Economic Fair at the
stand of 250m2, which also represents a significant opportunity to increase the
scope of economic cooperation, to establish new contacts and to connect
entrepreneurs of the two countries and the region.
He also mentioned
the 2nd China-CEEC Investment and Trade Expo which is to be held in
Ningbo in China from 8 to 12 June 2016. Within this fair, it will be organized a
Ministerial Forum on Investment and Trade at which will be presented countries
from the China +16 Program with the participation of representatives from
Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The Director
Milinić noted that the current Chinese investments in BiH are at a low level,
and that Chinese investors are involved in several projects in BiH in
partnership with other investors, public or private companies and that
they are financially supported by Chinese banks. FIPA will take advantage of upcoming
economic events in BiH and abroad to increase Chinese investments.
Taking into
account the modest amount of Chinese investments, what is encouraging is a great
interest of Chinese companies in the electro-energy projects in BiH, as showed
by their visits to FIPA.