Amman: Chairman of Jordanian Businessmen Association (JBA) Hamdi Tabba’a discussed with Commercial Attach© at the Chinese Embassy, Cheng Yongru, ways to hold a Jordanian-Chinese economic conference during the current year in the Kingdom to support bilateral economic and trade relations and enhance mutual investments.
According to Jordan News Agency, Tabba’a affirmed the importance of developing bilateral relations in multiple economic sectors, primarily tourism, energy, and education, and activating the Jordanian-Chinese Business Council to enhance the volume of mutual trade and investment. He called for intensifying meetings for the two countries’ businesspeople and the private sector to present and benefit from investment opportunities, especially in development, service, and tourism projects.
Meanwhile, Yongru stressed the importance of strengthening joint economic, trade, and investment relations, welcoming the economic conference aimed to enhance the volume of mutual trade and investments. He noted the embassy’s role in providing support for joint economic projects in various sectors and expressed the Chinese side’s interest in investing in Jordan’s development sectors and enhancing mutual trade exchange and investment flow.
Yongru mentioned that Jordan provides opportunities for Chinese investors to invest in the Kingdom, calling for continued coordination and consultation among businesspeople to present the two countries’ existing investment opportunities.
According to official data, the volume of Jordan-China trade exchange amounted to nearly $4,855 million in 2023, with exports accounting for about $359 million, while imports approximately stood at $4,496 million.