(Jakarta News) The "Hainan Free Trade Port Promotion Conference" jointly organized by Indonesian Chinese Entrepreneur Association and China Hainan International Economic Development Bureau will be held at the banquet hall of Sun City International Restaurant in Jakarta from 6:00 pm on February 17 (Friday) Hosted by Zhang Jinxiong, Chairman of Indonesian Chinese Entrepreneur Association, Shen Xiaoming, Secretary of the Hainan Provincial Party Committee, Lu Kang, Chinese Ambassador to Indonesia, Hou Yanqi, Ambassador of the Chinese Mission to ASEAN, Permanent representatives and officials of Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam to ASEAN , more than 500 people attended the meeting, including representatives of major business associations in Indonesia, representatives of enterprises in key industries in Indonesia, representatives of Chinese-funded enterprises and media reporters.
Chairman Zhang Jinxiong said that tonight, Indonesian Chinese Entrepreneur Association and China Hainan International Economic Development Bureau jointly held the "Hainan Free Trade Port Promotion Conference". Here, on behalf of all my colleagues in Indonesian Chinese Entrepreneur Association, please allow me to extend a warm welcome and sincere greetings to all the Chinese and Indonesian leaders and entrepreneurs who are here tonight.
Hainan Province is the southernmost province in China. Like Indonesia, it has very beautiful marine tourism resources, excellent resort facilities construction and management experience. Today, we will jointly hold a recommendation here, and we will also witness the cooperation signing between Hainan and Indonesian enterprises. We also sincerely hope that the entrepreneurs of the two countries and the management of related industries in the two countries can work together and sincerely help each other to jointly develop a more beautiful Indonesia, more beautiful Hainan.
Indonesian Chinese Entrepreneur Association will also continue to work hand in hand with the Hainan provincial government to jointly promote economic and trade cooperation between the two sides, and make positive contributions to the joint construction of the Belt and Road Initiative and the prosperity of the Indonesian and Hainan economies. Finally, I wish today's recommendation meeting a complete success.
Ambassador Lu Kang pointed out that at the beginning of 2023, Secretary Shen Xiaoming visited Indonesia. He was the first local Chinese official to visit Indonesia since the epidemic. He brought the Hainan Free Trade Port policy spring breeze and gave new impetus to the development of China-Indonesia relations. Looking back at 2022, China-Indonesia relations will develop in an all-round way and achieve a bumper harvest. First, political mutual trust continues to deepen. Second, there are bright spots in economic and trade cooperation. Third, people-to-people and cultural exchanges continue to recover.
Indonesia is a big country in agriculture and tourism, and is vigorously promoting green and digital transformation. Hainan promotes economic construction and foreign cooperation with tourism, tropical agriculture, high-tech industries and modern service industries as the four leading industries. The development strategies of the two sides coincide with each other and have A natural fit for cooperation.
