Jiangsu signs 45 SOE contracts
Jiangsu province and 35 State-owned enterprises (SOEs) signed contracts on 45 investment projects in Beijing on Friday, totaling 222 billion yuan.
The 45 projects, focusing on infrastructure construction, manufacturing and service sectors, will receive investments from the most competitive State-owned enterprises such as Sinopec and State Grid.
Among the 45 projects, 14 have an investment of more than 5 billion yuan, including a wind power project by China Guodian Corp in Nantong and a container terminal by COSCO Group in Suzhou, while the biggest single project has investments from China Communication Construction Co Ltd in Lianyungang on coastal development, totaling 20 billion yuan.
"The provincial government will offer timely services to kick off these projects as soon as possible. To some projects, we will also provide special policy support," said Luo Zhijun, governor of the east coastal province.
In 2008, regional GDP of Jiangsu exceeded 3 trillion yuan, a 12.5 percent increase year-on-year, to which State-owned enterprises have made a great contribution. The 310 State-owned enterprises operating in Jiangsu realized business revenue of 1.1 trillion yuan in 2008, accounting for one sixth of the province's total.
"Jiangsu has advantages in talents, market and economic foundation, while SOEs have competitiveness in capital, management and technologies. Cooperation between the two is sure to bring a win-win result," said Li Rongrong, minister of the State Assets Supervision and Administration Commission.
(China Daily 02/21/2009 page10)
