Indonesian Chamber of
Commerce and industry (KADIN Indonesia) considered that trade and investment
cooperation between Indonesia and China still leaves ample scope for the
increase of benefits for Indonesia which are unmet. “Indonesia should try to
get the benefits of regional as well as bilateral cooperation optimally for the
welfare of the people, like China who actually has a long-standing
cooperation,” said Chairman of KADIN Indonesia, Suryo Bambang Sulisto, during
the Indonesia – China Business Forum, which was opened by President Joko Widodo
(JOKOWI) in Beijing, on Monday (November 10, 2014).
He said that the ASEAN regional cooperation also
continues to grow both vertically and horizontally. Vertically, in 2015 the
ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) will be implemented, and horizontally,
cooperation between ASEAN and other countries continues to grow. In addition to
china, ASEAN also has the opportunity to cooperate with Japan, Korea, India,
the European Union, Australia and the United States.
KADIN Indonesia will take action and orientation of
cooperation with other countries, especially with China which is considered
quite strategic. “The Chinese government wishes to build the 21st
Century Silk Road. We welcome this plan to accelerate the vision of Indonesia
as a maritime nation,” said Suryo. In the past, the Silk Road extends from
mainland China to the sea in Southeast Asia, including the seas in the
Indonesian archipelago.
In the future, his party expects that cooperation between
Indonesia and china to be more productive, balance and equal. In line with
Suryo, Indonesian President JOKOWI said that the cooperation between the two
countries should be mutually beneficial and should pay attention to quality. JOKOWI
said that cooperation between Indonesia and China is to speed up development.
He planned to build 24 ports spreading across the Indonesian regions.
Additionally, other investment opportunity is the construction of power plant
because Sumatra, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, and regions still lack electricity.
“To build a power plant, there is still problem in
licensing and land acquisition. Formerly, power plant licensing process takes
2, 4, or 6 years. This is a big problem to be solved, so there will be a
one-stop service licensing agency for investment, “said JOKOWI.
Until now, there is still a large trade deficit due to
high imports of oil, so in the future Indonesia will try to raise oil
production lifting. As for mining products, Indonesia will minimally sell
semi-finished and finished goods.
Meanwhile, at the event attended by 170 Indonesian
entrepreneurs and 150 Chinese entrepreneurs, 12 Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU) were signed on cooperation in various sectors such as logistics,
transportation, mining, energy, sugar cane industry, and industrial areas.
In the logistics sector, MoU has been signed between PT
Zadasa with Shen Zhen Tian He Wei Hang with an investment of USD 5,510 million.
Another MoU is between PT Resteel Industry and China Railway Construction, PT
Eka Sampoerna Success with Fujian Yinhai Group with an investment of USD 1.3
million, Maspion Group and Shining Resources with a total investment of USD 100
million for the construction of smelter, Global Success Group, Cahaya Sukses
International and Fujian Tian Mao with a USD 1.5 million investment, PT Wijaya
Infrastructure Indonesia and Golden Mega International Holdings at USD 120
million, PT Integral Mining Nusantara and Jiangsu Wei-Wei at USD 306 million,
PT Indonesia Energy Prima and SDIC International Trade at USD 350 million, PT
Kayan Hydro Energy and Shanghai Electric Power at USD 17.8 billion, PT Adaro
Power and Tiongkok Shenhua Oversea, PT MAESA Optimalah Mineral and Vansun
Holding Group. (E)
Business News - November 14, 2014
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