The Embassy of China hosted 10 senators at a meeting on Tuesday at the Embassy of China to explore business and investment opportunities between both countries, reported the Embassy of China in a press release.
The president of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Senate, Pedro Catrain (Samaná) and fellow senators Antonio Marte (Santiago Rodríguez), David Sosa (Dajabón), Melania Salvador Jiménez (Bahoruco), Félix Bautista (San Juan), and Martín Nolasco Vargas (Valverde), Dionis Sánchez (Pedernales); Valentín Medrano (Independencia), Alexis Victoria (María Trinidad Sánchez), and Lía Díaz Santana (Azua) attended.
The senators met with the president of the Association of Chinese Companies in the Dominican Republic (AChiRD), Ma Guoqiang, and representatives of the Chinese companies Sinohydro Corporation Ltd, Megastar S&T SRL, Huawei Technologies, China Harbour Engineering Company Ltd, Global Safety Technology Co. (GSafety) and Yutong Bus Co., Ltd. in the Dominican Republic.
The senators gave presentations on their provinces, highlighting investment and business opportunities in agriculture, tourism, and transport. The Chinese business people presented their companies and how they could work together with the Dominican senators and their communities to encourage more business.
Chinese Ambassador Zhang Run was the host for the gathering. He said the meeting will make it much easier to channel the opportunities for cooperation between both countries.
“This embassy always supports and encourages Chinese companies to develop projects according to the local laws and international rules to promote this Caribbean country’s socioeconomic development,” said the Chinese ambassador.
President Luis Abinader has repeatedly said that the Dominican Republic’s priority is having the best relations with the United States, the country’s leading trade partner, and thus investments in strategic areas of energy, ports and telecommunications have restrictions. Nevertheless, President Abinader has said that there is a wide range of other business opportunities open to Chinese companies in the Dominican Republic and welcomes these.
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25 November 2020