2017/03/24

CMIG teams up for Belt and Road investments

  China Minsheng Investment Group, one of China's biggest private investment companies, hasmade outstanding achievements in serving national strategies such as the Belt and RoadInitiative and development of the private economy, according to the company.
  The Belt and Road Initiative refers to a strategy proposed by President Xi Jinping in 2013 forincreased international cooperation via the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st CenturyMaritime Silk Road.
  The group has made efforts to promotethe Belt and Road strategy since its foundation in Shanghai in 2014.
  The company has been working to integrate itself into the strategy, founding a global advisorycouncil of world-renowned politicians and economists.
  The council held its third conference in Shanghai in October 2016 and among the discussiontopics were opportunities brought about by the Belt and Road Initiative.
  Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Shaukat Aziz, a member of the council, said that whenglobal economy experiences ups and downs, the initiative promoted by China will bring manyopportunities, Global Times reported.
  Currently almost all large construction projects in Pakistan are contracted by Chinesecompanies, with positive development prospects in the country, Aziz said.
  CMIG also hosted a Sino-Cambodian entrepreneur forum in Cambodia last year, also Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen joined more than 100 Chinese companies at the event.
  Li Huaizhen, president of CMIG, said that integrating into the Belt and Road strategy shouldbe a long-term plan with a lasting and sustainable vision and that his company will make theSino-Cambodian entrepreneur forum a regular feature.
  The forum offer s an opportunity for Chinese private businesspeople and Cambodianentrepreneurs to network and discuss Cambodian investment policies and prospects tofurther their mutual understanding and establish cooperative opportunities, Li said.
  CMIG also set up a Belt and Road industrial fund in Cambodia in late 2016 and willstrengthen cooperation in such fields as new energy, finance and urban development in thecountry.
  The company will learn from past successful investments and lead more Chinese companiesto develop in the Cambodian market, Li said.
  CMIG stands behind the Belt and Road strategy and that the company's mission isto facilitate Chinese businesses developing overseas.
  CMIG announced i n March 2015 that it, along with several leading Chinese privateenterprises, would invest $5 billion in building an industrial park in Indonesia.
  CMIG will use its brand advantage to contact local government, help Chinese companies toget financing internationally and construct the park in the shortest time.
  He suggested the central government have a Belt and Road industry planning catalog topromote companies and products overseas.
  CMIG was jointly established by 60 private companies and initiated by the All-ChinaFederation of Industry and Commerce.
  Economic development has entered an era of sharing, he said, and, if companies still try to goit alone, it will be difficult for them to stand out amid fierce market competition,
  Li said that developing as a group is currently a necessary trend for the Chinese privateeconomy. Some provincial-level investment companies have been founded by multiple localprivate businesses since the establishment of CMIG.
  It is a demonstration of the CMIG model, gathering private companies to develop together, Lisaid, adding that on the road to group development, CMIG is becoming more confident in itsbright prospects.