Bangladesh government is considering allocating a separate economic and industrial zone in Chittagong for Chinese investors, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said.
The premier has made the statement while addressing the 9th China-South Asia Business Forum at Haigeng Conference Centre in China on Saturday morning.
The PM said Bangladesh Export Processing Zones (EPZs) are attractive places for foreign investment.
Hasina has invited the Chinese business, trade and industry leaders to visit Bangladesh and appraise the realities first-hand.
Hasina said Bangladesh would very much like to have China as a valuable partner in sharing its progress and prosperity.
"I hope that you would surely find a very attractive environment and opportunities of business in this country, offering the most liberal investment policy in South Asia," she said.
Vice President of Maldives Mohamed Jamil Ahmed, Secretary General of SAARC Arjun Bahadur Thapa, President of SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry Ismail Asif, Chairman of China Council for Promotion of International Trade Jiang Sengwei, Secretary of Committee of People's Congress of Yunnan Province Qin Guangrong spoke on the occasion, among others.
Commerce ministers of different SAARC countries, including Bangladesh Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed, and leaders of trade bodies from China, Bangladesh, the Maldives, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Nepal joined the Forum.
