INDUSTRY.co.id - Jakarta - China claims will continue to increase investment to Indonesia after 2017 and investment growth in Indonesia reached 27%.

"Last year China's investment grew 27% and I think this momentum will continue even into the next years," said Minister Counselor Economics and Trade of China Embassy for Indonesia Wang Liping in Jakarta, Tuesday (4/24/2018) ).

Wang said confidence in China's investment growth to Indonesia based on the efforts of both countries to continue to improve economic cooperation.

The Indonesian government, he said, continues to make improvements to invite Chinese investors to enter and invest in the country. Added to the size of the Indonesian market and abundant natural resources.

"China itself has experience in the field of technology and manufacturing. This could be an opportunity to continue to work together in many aspects," he said.

Wang added that China's investment to Indonesia continues to increase every year. In 2017, the country's investment reached US $ 3.36 billion, ranking the third largest country with the most investment in Indonesia after Singapore and Japan.

"But if invested from Hong Kong, Chinese investment should be in the number one position," he said.

Director of Regional Investment Facilitation Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) Husen Maulana said investment from China is continuously increasing rapidly.

In 2013, China's investment is only US $ 297 million and placed it in the 12 most invested countries in Indonesia. Then, by 2015, China's investment managed to rise to ninth with a value of US $ 628 million.

Husen also said Chinese investors are also entering through Singapore, which is widely used as a business base. Not to mention that enter through Hong Kong is also not lose much. "If combined perhaps the biggest investor is China," he said. (tar)