China has lauded the feet of Jharkhand achieved in the form of excellent ‘ease of doing business’ score maintained over last two years in continuation. Minister of International Department of the country Sondh Thao in his meeting with the delegation headed by Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Tuesday also underlined the investment potential lies in the State.
Commending the features of the State industrial policy and their implementation Thao said that Jharkhand has a lot of potential for investment and also has achieved growth rate of 8.2 per cent despite being a new State which is highly appreciable.
“The investment environment in Jharkhand, its growth rate, ease of doing business and the business environment are commendable,” the Minister of International Department of Communist Party of China was quoted as saying by an official release issued.
The CM along with three of his Cabinet colleagues namely Neelkanth Singh Munda, CP Singh and Amar Kumar Bauri and senior officials Development Commissioner DK Tiwari and his Principal Secretary Sunil Kumar Barnwal is on five day tour of China starting September 1.
The Minister referring to population potential of both the neighbouring countries said that together India and China have over 256 billion people which is almost one-third of the world’s population. “We at present hold 21 per cent share in the world’s GDP. This can go even further if the two countries work together,” the press communiqué said terming the two countries as natural ally.
The Chief Minister on his part rated the deliberation highly positive and presented details of the Global Agriculture and Food Summit, 2018 to him. The summit is scheduled to be organised back home on 29-30 November to which the Chief Minister extended a formal invitation to Thao to attend.
The CM informed that many companies related to agriculture and food processing from all over the world would participate in the summit. The Chief Minister is visiting China soon after bilateral relations improved following the last visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi there.