Egypt invites Hong Kong’s firms to partner with state-owned companies

  • Date: 26-Sep-2023
  • Source: Zawya
  • Sector:Technology
  • Country:Egypt
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Egypt invites Hong Kong’s firms to partner with state-owned companies

Egypt - Mahmoud Esmat, the Minister of Public Enterprises Sector, met with Christopher Hui, the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury of the Hong Kong Government, and his accompanying delegation, at the Ministry’s General Office in New Administrative Capital, east Cairo. They discussed the cooperation and investment opportunities in the ministry’s subsidiaries.

Esmat said that the Ministry plans to develop, modernise, and introduce new technologies to increase production and localise modern industries. He said that the Ministry is communicating with Chinese companies to establish renewable energy stations to provide clean energy for new aluminum smelter projects.

Esmat highlighted the government’s interest in strengthening and developing trade and investment relations with China and attracting more Chinese investments in various industrial fields and new technologies. He praised the fruitful cooperation between Egypt and China. Esmat presented the ministry’s activities and sectors, and the efforts to restructure and improve the performance of the subsidiaries. He also offered diverse investment opportunities to foreign investors.

Esmat noted that Egypt’s joining the BRICS starting next year is an important step to open new cooperation fields for Chinese investors. He pointed out the importance of benefiting from Hong Kong’s location as one of the most important financial centers in