Unremitting Efforts in Attracting Investment and Ensuring Continuous Development Momentum — New Enterprises Established in the Cooperation Zone During the Pandemic


Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia, the China–Indonesia Economic and Trade Cooperation Zone (hereinafter referred to as the “Cooperation Zone”) has simultaneously prioritized epidemic prevention and control and business operations, striving to mitigate the adverse impact of the pandemic on investment promotion within the zone. Recently, despite the fact that potential investors had only conducted two on-site visits to the Cooperation Zone, its Investment Promotion Department made full use of WeChat, email, and other communication channels to maintain close coordination with PT. NAYA GLOBAL CHEMICAL (hereinafter referred to as NGC), addressing the company’s needs and concerns promptly. As a result, the two parties formally signed a factory lease agreement on September 21, 2020, thereby providing a strong boost to the zone’s efforts to attract tenants for its standard industrial buildings.

 Client visits the cooperation zone

Client Inspects Standard Factory Buildings in the Cooperation Zone

NGC is a chemical company under Indonesia’s GLOBAL MAS Group, specializing in the production of water-treatment chemicals and related technical services. According to the company’s leadership, since the onset of the pandemic, industries across Indonesia have faced unprecedented challenges. Despite this, NGC has chosen to buck the trend and turn adversity into opportunity, primarily because Indonesia boasts abundant water resources and there remains a significant market gap for environmentally friendly, high-efficiency water-treatment chemicals—making the sector poised for exceptionally broad future growth. Under NGC’s development plan, the company will first establish a state-of-the-art production facility and laboratory spanning more than 1,500 square meters, built to international standards; subsequently, it will invest in constructing a 10,000-square-meter plant to expand both the output and product portfolio of water-treatment chemicals. In addition, NGC intends to introduce cutting-edge environmental-monitoring technologies to the Indonesian market, providing robust support and protection for Chinese-invested enterprises as well as local businesses operating in Indonesia, with the ultimate goal of becoming China’s premier high-tech platform for water treatment in Indonesia.

 Client visits the cooperation zone

Client visits the cooperation zone

As of September 2020, the cooperation zone had attracted a total of 55 resident enterprises, more than half of which are Chinese-funded. It has thus become the area with the densest concentration of Chinese manufacturing firms in the Greater Jakarta region, and has initially developed industrial clusters in sectors such as food processing, automotive parts and components, logistics and warehousing, and infrastructure and construction materials.

 

(Liao Changzheng, Li Jifeng)