Uzbek-Chinese Investment Forum: Industrial Cooperation. New opportunities.乌兹别克-中国投资论坛：产业合作 新的机会

On March 25, within the framework of the Tashkent International Investment Forum, a special event “Uzbek-Chinese Investment Forum: Industrial Cooperation” was held in the online format. New opportunities”.

The event, which consisted of three sessions – innovations and digital economy, new infrastructures and medicine and the joint construction of a “Healthy Silk Road”, was opened by Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade of the Republic of Uzbekistan S.U.Umurzakov and Minister of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China Wang Wentao.
The joint forum was also attended by heads of line ministries, departments and chambers of commerce, as well as leading companies of Uzbekistan and China.

In his speech, Deputy Prime Minister of Uzbekistan Sardor Umurzakov, calling China one of the main trade and economic partners of Uzbekistan, proposed to expand industrial cooperation in the chemical, textile, leather and footwear industries, automotive and electrical industries, agriculture and green energy, high technologies and e-commerce.

He said that Uzbekistan will provide all the necessary support for Chinese business to grow, develop and prosper in the country. He invited Chinese entrepreneurs to implement joint mutually beneficial projects in Uzbekistan.

Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao, for his part, emphasizing the 160-fold increase in trade turnover between Uzbekistan and China over the past 30 years, said that Uzbekistan has become an important trade and economic partner of China in Central Asia.

He stressed the readiness of the Chinese side to further stimulate investment cooperation and expand trade with Uzbekistan in order to bring bilateral trade and economic ties to a higher level.

The forum also featured separate presentations by the heads of major Chinese companies such as ZTE Corporation, China Overseas Engineering Group (China Railway Group), China General Technology Holding, China Sinopharm International Corporation, Xian Qin (Tianjin) Medical Technology and others.

Zhang Yujin, President of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce for the Import and Export of Machine-Building and Electronic Products (CCME), who also spoke at the forum, called on Chinese entrepreneurs, representatives of state and public organizations of China to take advantage of the opportunities available in Uzbekistan. He stressed that the agreements reached during the recent meetings of the Heads of Uzbekistan and China during the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing will serve as a solid basis for the comprehensive development of relations between our countries.

The first Uzbek-Chinese Investment Forum gathered more than 500 participants and became a platform for representatives of government agencies and the private sector of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the People’s Republic of China to establish and develop a direct dialogue.

It should be noted that such a task was set by the Leaders of the two countries – President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping during a meeting in Beijing on February 5 this year to further intensify industrial, trade, economic and investment cooperation.

At the same time, by the end of 2021, the trade turnover between Uzbekistan and China amounted to more than $ 8 billion and showed steady growth.

In recent years, Chinese companies have become leading investors in the economy of Uzbekistan: the volume of their investments is almost $ 9 billion. In addition, enterprises with Chinese capital reached 2 thousand or 15% of the total number of foreign companies in the country.

乌兹别克-中国投资论坛：产业合作  新的机会

3月25日，在塔什干国际投资论坛的框架内，以在线形式举办了特别活动”乌兹别克-中国投资论坛：产业合作“新机遇”。

这次活动由乌兹别克斯坦共和国副总理兼投资和对外贸易部长乌穆尔扎科夫和中华人民共和国商务部部长王文涛主持开幕，包括创新与数字经济、新基础设施和医药以及共同建设”健康丝绸之路”三个环节。

出席联合论坛的还有各部委、部门和商会的负责人，以及乌兹别克斯坦和中国的主要公司。

乌兹别克斯坦副总理乌穆尔扎科夫在讲话中称中国是乌兹别克斯坦的主要贸易和经济伙伴之一，他提议扩大在化工、纺织、皮革和鞋类工业、汽车和电气工业、农业和绿色能源、高科技和电子商务等领域的工业合作。

他说，乌兹别克斯坦将为中国企业在该国的发展和繁荣提供一切必要的支持。他邀请中国企业家在乌兹别克斯坦实施共同互利项目。

中国商务部长王文涛在强调乌兹别克斯坦和中国在过去30年的贸易额增长了160倍时说，乌兹别克斯坦已成为中国在中亚的重要贸易和经济伙伴。

他强调，中方愿进一步加强与乌兹别克斯坦的投资合作，扩大与乌兹别克斯坦的贸易，使双边贸易和经济关系更上一层楼。

此外，中兴通讯、中国海外工程集团（中铁集团）、中国通用技术控股、中国Sinopharm International Corporation、西安秦（天津）医疗技术等中国主要公司的负责人也分别作了介绍。

中国机械制造和电子产品进出口商会会长张玉金也在论坛上发言，他呼吁中国企业家、中国国家和公共组织的代表利用乌兹别克斯坦的机会。他强调，最近在北京冬季奥运会开幕式期间乌兹别克斯坦和中国领导人会晤期间达成的协议将成为我们两国关系全面发展的坚实基础。

首届乌兹别克-中国投资论坛聚集了500多名与会者，成为乌兹别克斯坦共和国和中华人民共和国政府机构和私营部门代表建立和发展直接对话的平台。

应该指出的是，这样的任务是由两国领导人-乌兹别克斯坦共和国总统沙夫卡特*米尔济约耶夫和中华人民共和国主席习近平今年2月5日在北京会晤。

与此同时，截至2021年底，乌兹别克斯坦和中国之间的贸易额超过80亿美元，并呈现稳定增长。

近年来，中国企业已成为乌兹别克斯坦经济的主要投资者：其投资额近90亿美元。此外，拥有中国资本的企业达到了2000家，占全国外国公司总数的15%。