His Excellency President Hakainde Hichilema commissions Chibombo Jiangxi Economic Cooperation Zone, the president also attended the Zambia-China Jiangxi Investment and Trade Cooperation Promotion Conference in Chibombo District, Central Province.
The conference, follows a month after the successful State visit to the People’s Republic of China, where the president signed several MOUs among them to consolidate the sister relationship between Zambia’s Central Province and Jiangxi Province.
His Excellency has lauded Jiangxi United for their efforts in attracting a range of companies to this facility including medical equipment manufacturers, steel processing plant, electrical insulator factory and many more.
Local businesses are encouraged to take part in the opportunities in this facility,
“ government has many initiatives for citizens’ access to credit facilities as well as incentives such as tax holidays for local investors”
The leadership is committed to promoting special economic zones and industrial parks to leverage on the centrality of Zambia’s location to accelerate our industrial development and achieve our goal of becoming the regional manufacturing and processing powerhouse.
This Road and Belt Initiative is another example of the longstanding all-weather relationship between Zambia and China forged over decades. Today we celebrated the TAZARA spirit that underscores the bilateral relations between our two countries.
Hakainde Hichilema
President of the Republic of Zambia