3 April 2019 – Prime Minister Pavel Filip met today a delegation of Chinese businessmen attending Moldova-China Business Forum. The premier praised the traditional friendship linking our countries, and expressed confidence that this forum will provide a platform for future partnerships.

“We are at the fourth round of negotiations on the Free Trade Agreement between Moldova and China. I am sure that with the signing of this agreement, the speed of economic ties between our countries will increase and Moldovan products will become competitive on the Chinese market,” Filip said.

Filip invited Chinese businessmen to invest in our country and benefit from the advantages of the Free Trade Agreements our country has with the EU, Turkey and the CIS.

At the same time, the prime minister referred to pro-business measures taken by the government to create favourable environment for business development. The Free Economic Zones, Industrial Parks and Tekwill IT Park provide a number of facilities. Filip also spoke about the government actions to facilitate getting visas by Chinese citizens.

Chinese businessmen thanked Moldova for visa facilitation and were interested in studying closely the investment opportunities in our country. They noted that the 20 companies that are part of the delegation represent the most important areas, including production, IT and tourism.

Filip pointed out that on 21-28 April, a delegation of the Economic Council to the Prime Minister will pay a visit to China to take over best practices from the Chinese similar structure.