Chengdu City, 8th March 2016:
Sierra Leoneโs Charge dโAffairs to the Peopleโs Republic of China, Her Excellency Kumba Alice Momoh, today 8th March, 2016, arrived in Chengdu, capital city for Sichuan Province, Southwest China, on the invitation of the Chinese-African Peopleโs Friendship Association, (CAPFA) with an apparent view of introducing her countryโs business and investment potentials to local enterprises.
Madam Momoh, accompanied by the Press/Information Attachรฉ of the Embassy, is expected to amongst other areas, touch on Sierra Leoneโs opportunities that are available for investments, preferential regulations aimed at attracting investments, policies of the country in the areas of taxation and land-use, individual projects in which Chinese companies could participate like in the areas of agriculture, infrastructure, machineries, tourism and energy.
She will also dilate on Sierra Leoneโs import and export policies, within which, she could discuss the role of the Sierra Leone Investment and Export Promotion Agency (SLIEPA), the countryโs official agency that assists and informs investors and exporters. She will also make known to local entrepreneurs in Chengdu City, Sierra Leoneโs investment incentives for investors and the countryโs drive to sustainable economic development, through the trajectory for growth-The Agenda for Prosperity.
In the afternoon hours of 8th March, there will be a visit to Chengdu Planning and Exhibition Hall and Sewage Treatment Plant and late in the evening, there will be a meeting and banquet with Zhu Zhihong, Executive Vice Mayor of Chengdu City.
Wednesday, 9th March has been slated for discussions with local entrepreneurs, on investment opportunities, as well as visit to Sichuan Modern Agricultural Industrial Park and Chengdu Furniture Industrial Park. The visit will be climaxed on 10th March by a visit to the 18th Healthcare Expo China West and the Panda Base.
The three-day visit brings together envoys and embassy representatives from Sierra Leone, South Africa, Zambia and Nigeria.
CAPFA aims at enhancing mutual understanding and friendship between the Chinese and Africans, as well as, promote exchange and cooperation between the continent and China. It works towards “safeguarding world peace, and promoting common development”, it says on its official website.
John Baimba Sesay
Information Attachรฉ
Sierra Leone Embassy
Peopleโs Republic of China
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John Baimba Sesay -M.A,B.A(Hons)-FBC-USL
Press/Information Attachรฉ
Sierra Leone Embassy
Peopleโs Republic of China
