Malaysia-China Business Council and China Economic Cooperation Center co-organized the “Fifth Belt and Road Malaysia-China Business Dialogue” on enhancing trade and investment opportunities between Malaysia and China, focusing on topics covering tourism, emerging technologies, green technology, sustainable development, and other business sectors. This is to align with Malaysia’s national aspirations and the Belt and Road Initiative to promote a more connected world, with greater people-to-people exchange, improved economic growth, trade, and investment, and stronger regional integration for the common prosperity of the world.
YB Tuan Khairul Firdaus bin Akbar Khan, Deputy Minister of Tourism, Arts, and Culture Malaysia, delivered the opening remark at the event, encouraging deeper collaboration between the two nations to enhance Belt and Road Initiative collaboration to improve connectivity. Honorable Ma Hui, Vice Minister of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee, and H.E. Ouyang Yujing, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China to Malaysia, both highlighted the partnership of MADANI Economy and Belt and Road Initiative laid the foundation for greater bilateral economic and connectivity development as a driver to build stronger cooperation in digital economy, infrastructure, logistics, renewable energy, and other industries.
The event gathered together 500 Malaysian and Chinese government and business representatives in attendance. This Dialogue was one of the key events highlighting the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Malaysia and China, aligning with China’s “Going Abroad” national strategy, which encouraged enterprises to engage for greater global cooperation and international exchange.
A total of 13 Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) were signed, covering various projects including infrastructure construction, the “Two Countries, Twin Parks” project in the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, trading of agricultural products, digital transformation and A.I. innovation, an industrial park project in Johor, tourism collaboration, and palm logistics, totaling an estimated RM16 billion in MoU exchanges.
