this year the Government of China continues to increase partnerships to invest in Indonesia, including cooperation to the West Sulawesi or Sulbar with a fund of Rp 405 billion.
“This year the Government of China has set aside grants to invest in Indonesia for Rp 1,000 trillion, including capital investment plans to Sulbar,” said Governor Anwar Adnan Saleh.
Anwar revealed, for the Province Sulbar, prospective investors from the Bamboo Curtain country also has set aside earlier for the construction of Port Belang-Belang in Mamuju and several other areas.
“We hope, plan cooperative relationship in terms of investment for the development of China-Belang Belang Harbor may well be realized, in order to accelerate regional development, which until now is still lagging behind other regions,” he said.
The port will make the business world in Sulbar thrive, including economic improvement and the alleviation of unemployment in this area.
“If investors come in, so I’m sure the labor absorptive capacity that will be needed to reach thousands of people. This means, we have made cuts in unemployment,” he said.
Entry of potential investors is also a follow-up of the program of National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) to increase the investment in the country.
“This year the central government is concentrating on improving the investment world to attract investors into the area, to optimize the potential of natural tergarap not optimal,” he said.
China is one of the few countries in the world that currently has the largest reserves in the world.
“China is currently investing heavily to Indonesia as two other Asian countries, like Japan and Korea, weakened. However, the cooperation of any investor will remain as long as we interlace to repair and improve people’s welfare,” he added.
