TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, January 10. China plans to build a cocoon processing plant in Uzbekistan, the Ministry of Agriculture said, Trend reports.
Chairman of the Committee for Development of the Silk and Wool Industry, Ikboljon Ergashev, met with a representative of the Chinese company Anhui Mulberry Biotechnology Co., Ltd., Liu Qinghu.
At the meeting, the sides discussed issues of attracting Chinese investments to Uzbekistan, including the construction of a new cocoon processing enterprise, the creation of mulberry plantations, and jobs.
In particular, the representatives noted that 600 new workplaces will be created as a result of the project's realization.
Earlier, a delegation from Uzbekistan's Andijan area led by regional governor Shukhratbek Abdurakhmanov and over 300 Chinese businessmen, representatives of important firms, attended a large business forum in the Chinese city of Tianjin. The sides signed agreements and memoranda.