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The Belarusian-Chinese joint venture Harbin Dong Jin Gomel Agricultural Engineering Enterprise (Heilonhjiang Province, China) plans to produce and sell at least 500 forage and ear corn harvesters in 2012 (up 60%), BelTA learnt from First Deputy Director General of the Gomselmash Production Association Ivan Proturo.

Resident companies of the Belarusian-Chinese Industrial Park, which is to be built in Belarus, will be entitled benefits and starting privileges, Chairman of the State Science and Technology Committee of Belarus Igor Voitov said in an interview to BelTA.

Belarus might invite Chinese investors to start car manufacturing in the country, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China to Belarus Gong Jianwei told the Belarus-1 TV Channel.

The President of Belarus might soon meet with the Chinese authorities to discuss a wide range of issues. Alexander Lukashenko made this statement in an interview to the leading mass media of China ahead of the celebration of the 20th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Belarus and China, BelTA has learnt.

Belarusian head of state Alexander Lukashenko believes it is necessary that the Belarusian-Chinese relations gain momentum. The President made this statement in an interview to the leading mass media of China ahead of the celebration of the 20th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Belarus and China, BelTA has learnt.

The Single Economic Space (SES) opens up new opportunities for expanding trade between Belarus and China, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said in an interview to the leading mass media of China ahead of the celebration of the 20th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Belarus and China, BelTA has learnt.

The visit of the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress Wu Bangguo to Belarus in 2011 has contributed significantly to the intensification of bilateral relations, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said in an interview to the leading mass media of China ahead of the celebration of the 20th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Belarus and China.

Export growth is one of the top priorities for Belarus in the near future, Alexander Lukashenko said in an interview to the leading mass media of China ahead of the celebration of the 20th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Belarus and China, BelTA has learnt.

During the twenty-years-period, turnover between Belarus and China has grown about 100 times. At the beginning of mutual relations turnover was about USD 30 million, but nowadays the figure approximated to USD 3 billion. The statement was voiced by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus Mr. Sergey Martynov on January 17 during the ceremony dedicated to the 20th anniversary of setting up diplomatic relations between Belarus and China.

The implementation of the Belarusian-Chinese investment project for installing a combined cycle gas turbine at the Lukoml state district power plant will allow saving 242,000 tonnes of oil equivalent per annum or Br513 billion, representatives of the power plant told BelTA.

Information and Innovation Technology Park can be opened in Vitebsk with the support of Chinese investors. The Economic Committee of Vitebsk City Executive Committee reports that preliminary agreement has been reached while signing the partnership agreement in the course of the visit of the Vitebsk delegation to Harbin (PRC).

Nowadays, Belarus implements about 20 large-scale projects jointly with Chinese companies. The statement was voiced by Deputy Prime Minister Mr. Anatoly Tozik on the eve of the 20th anniversary of setting up diplomatic relations between Belarus and China.

Belarus will borrow $654.16 million from the Export and Import Bank of China to build a factory to manufacture up to 400,000 tonnes of sulfated bleached pulp on the basis of the Svetlogorsk pulp and pasteboard factory. The plans have been laid down by Council of Ministers resolution No. 25 of 9 January 2012, the press service of the Belarusian government told BelTA.

According to the China Customs Statistics, over 14 thousand vehicles have passed through the gates of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Customs over the period of 11 months of the current year. The exports value has made nearly $590 mln, which is a double increase as against the similar period of the previous year. The car exports to Kazakhstan have made up to 7 thousand vehicles which indicate a 2.5-fold growth, to Russia – over 3 thousand vehicles up 4.5 times.

China’s Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd. would like to set up car production in Belarus, BelTA learnt from the press service of the Belarusian government.

In the next few days a draft decree on setting up a Belarusian-Chinese industrial zone near the Belarusian town of Smolevichi will be submitted to the head of state. The declared volume of investments stands at $1 billion, First Vice Premier of Belarus Vladimir Semashko told mass media at the press conference called by President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko on 23 December.

The Government of Belarus will issue a guarantee to China Development Bank for the loan on the construction of the Vitebsk hydroelectric plant. Such a decision is contained in Resolution No.1700 of the Council of Ministers of 20 December this year, BelTA learnt from the press service of the Belarusian government.

The Belarusian light industry concern Bellegprom has started manufacturing semi-finished footwear in China, Bellegprom Chairman Gennady Vyrko told the national seminar held on 16 December for executives of government agencies to discuss import substitution.

Belarus and China have plans to set up a joint venture to repair and maintain roads of Minsk, Yuri Alexeyev, Director General of the Politekhnik technological cluster of the Belarusian National Technical University (BNTU), told a press conference in Minsk on 14 December.

Belarusian MPs ratified the intergovernmental Belarusian-Chinese agreement on the Chinese-Belarusian Industrial Park on 14 December.