The first-ever China-Bangladesh Investment Forum, organized by Euromoney Institutional Investor, one of the leading financial publications in the world, will be held in Beijing on Aug. 21.
The City Bank Limited, a leading Bangladeshi bank, and Standard Chartered Bank Bangladesh are the lead sponsors of the forum, which is expected to bring together some 300 attendees comprising Bangladeshi Finance Minister AMA Muhith, government representatives, multilateral financiers, portfolio managers, global asset managers, institution investors and representatives from private bands.
Organizers say the forum will focus on investment and bilateral trade opportunities between China and Bangladesh and the growing opportunities resulting from China's Belt and Road Initiative.
This forum will also provide platform for discussions on many important topics, such as infrastructure, foreign direct investment (FDI), financial and capital markets and more.
The participants will have a valuable chance to learn more about the business environment in Bangladesh and the potential areas for cooperation.
Abrar A. Anwar, chief executive officer of Standard Chartered bank Bangladesh, told that as the oldest financial institution in Bangladesh with a heritable of 112 years, Standard Chartered is keenly aware of the enormous potential of the Bangladesh economy.
"There are lot of investment opportunities coming out in Bangladesh. And in Asia and also in the globe, China is a major economy so we believe that there will be private sector (in China) looking at opportunity outside China," he said.
"And Bangladesh gives lots of opportunities for investors. So this forum in Beijing we are hosting along with the City Bank, one of the local bank, as well as supported by Bangladesh Investment Development Authority to talk about potentials of Bangladesh, issues of investing here, how this can be mitigated and how an investor can come here and which are the potential sectors."
"So It will give a good platform in Beijing for people from here, regulators from here, policy makers from here and also from that side ....to come and discuss and find a common ground for accelerating trade and invest in Bangladesh."
Li Guangjun, economic and commercial counselor at the Chinese Embassy in Bangladesh, said, "I think this is a very good opportunity for publicizing Bangladesh."
After the state visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping in October 2016, more and more Chinese are visiting Bangladesh, he said.
Bangladesh and China signed 28 deals during Xi's trip.
Bilateral trade between China and Bangladesh last year was about 15 billion U.S. dollars, out of which Bangladesh exported products worth about 1 billion U.S. dollars.
China has also emerged as one of the fastest-growing sources of FDI into Bangladesh, which is in dire need for developing many mega infrastructure projects.
In a major development, the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority signed an MoU with China in April, opening the doors for a 2-billion-U.S. dollar investment in the construction materials sector.
Source: xinhua
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