A group of Chinese entrepreneurs called on Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena at Temple Trees on Thursday to discuss possible investments in many spheres.
The Prime Minister said there is vast potential for investments in many fields including tourism and hospitality industry, gem and jewellery, agriculture, medicine, food processing, renewable energy and in the entertainment industry.
Chairman, Daguowen Culture Co. Ltd., Zhang Qihua said he is dealing with international cultural exchange, global sustainable development promotion and added that Sri Lanka has the potential to attract more than a million tourists from China.
He said he would work with the chairman of Connaissance De Ceylon Chandra Wickremasinghe to jointly promote Sri Lankan tourism in China.
Chairperson, Zhejiang Outstanding Women’s Chamber of Commerce Jin Mei Yang expressed her willingness to assist women empowerment programs in Sri Lanka.
Xie Yueyu, Chairperson, Wuxin Group, a medical research group working on the collaboration between human liver cells and gemstones for human health, said she was interested in setting up a branch in Sri Lanka to assist cancer cure.
The delegation included Zhang Xiaomei, General Manager, Lanzhou General Machine Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Li Zhengguo, Chairman, Shandong Jujinlong Group (Hydrogen energy industrial park for new energy technology), Zhou Wenlong, Chairman, Shenzhen Zhongdian Core Technology Co., Ltd., Li Min - Executive Assistant at Shenzhen Zhongdian Core Technology Co., Ltd., Guo Tingting, Chairperson, Anthony Walter Piano and Executive President, Wuxin Public Welfare Foundation (International artistic and cultural cooperation) and Xiao Ling, General Manager of Wuxin Group.