The Administrative Minister of the Presidency, José Ramón Peralta, has confirmed that he notified on 25 June 2018, all of the ministries and government agencies that an office is now open to speed up the process doing business with China. If any government agency is currently or planning to conduct direct foreign investment and cooperation with China, that they should contact the Ministry of the Presidency’s new Oficina de Asuntos con la República Popular China, or the Office for Popular Republic of China Affairs Office. The office will not act on diplomatic matters.
As reported in Diario Libre, the new office will serve to coordinate and follow up on the economic and trade initiatives that will serve as base for the signing of future bilateral agreements. The office coordinator is Juan Ariel Jiménez, who is the development policies deputy minister at the Presidency.
The letter distributed by the Presidency highlights that the new office will deal with all matters related to China, including managing contacts with the Chinese government agencies as well as potential Chinese investors, businesses or academic and research institutions.
Peralta is a long time authority on the Chinese market, having decades ago begun importing garlic from China for his family agribusiness Constanza Agroindustrial. He also is leading the Presidency effort to increase Dominican exports.
One of the first events to be coordinated is a Export and Import Fair to be held in November 2018.
The Dominican Republic and the PRC signed for diplomatic relations on 1 May 2018 in China.
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Diario Libre
Diario Libre
1 August 2018
