Vice-President Milićević and Secretary Bjelić had talks with the Delegation of the Guangdong Province regarding the possibilities of investing by Chinese investors

The Provincial Government Vice-President Đorđe Milićević received today the delegation of the Gauangdong Province from the PR of China, headed by Li Jian, Deputy Director General of the Foreign Affairs Office.  The purpose of this meeting was to talk about intensification of economic and tourist cooperation between our two provinces and to implement the agreement , defined during the recent visit of the Guangdong state and business delegation to Serbia and our Province .

Participants of the meeting paid a particular attention to the possibility of investing by Chinese companies into the plant for production of electric lighting, which would be located in the territory of Vojvodina.

Vice-President Milićević emphasised that the idea of constructing the electric lighting factory in Serbia should enable placement of such products in the market of this part of Europe. He also reiterated our willingness to offer several locations for this project and invited potential investors from China to visit them, in order to see their advantages and necessary equipment level, in accordance with their requirements.

During the meeting they also discussed the modalities of participation in infrastructural transport projects, as well as projects in the field of agriculture, with a special focus on food processing industry.

Mr. Milićević and Mr. Jian agreed that announced introduction of the visa-free regime for Serbian and Chinese citizens, which is to be introduced by the end of the year, as well as direct flights from Belgrade to Beijing, should contribute to improved development of economic and tourist cooperation between Serbia and China, as well as AP Vojvodina within it.

Guangdong Province is the most developed tourist province in China with eight million visits by tourists a year, which together with our cultural and historical heritage makes a good impuls for enhancement of tourist cooperation between our two countries. The delegation from China extended an official invitation to the Provincial Government for the Tourism Fair 2017, which will be held in Guangzhou, the capital of this Chinese province.