By Veronica Buta: A government delegation from Gansu Province, China, visited Grodno yesterday. Today, the delegation will continue its visit in Minsk. Among the areas of interest are medicine, restaurant business, tourism, education, and construction.
The governor of the Chinese province stressed that he will help strengthen the ties with Belarus in various areas. For example, companies from Gansu are ready to build a multifunctional business center in Minsk.
In the last 2 years, 5 companies from this province have registered in Belarus. For example, in Grodno, investors are reconstructing a hotel, and the first center of Chinese folk medicine was opened there. This weekend, a new restaurant of Chinese cuisine opens in Minsk. Now the delegation from Gansu is considering becoming a resident of the Great Stone Industrial Park.
For centuries, Gansu was a vital corridor between China and Central Asia. A part of the Great Silk Road of almost 1,600 kilometers passed through it. The province was considered a "golden segment" of this international road. Gansu is in the north of China, it is twice as big as Belarus and has more than 25 million residents. The region has enterprises of petrochemical industry and the largest complex of wind power in China, it also has a cosmodrome.
As of today, 18 companies have already become residents of the Great Stone, and not only from this region. The list has Lithuania, Austria, and the US. By late 2017, the park plans add another five residents. Next week, Minsk will receive a delegation from the Chinese province of Shandong. A company from this region plans to produce diesel units here.
