A delegation from Papua New Guinea seeking investment has gotten a warm reception from officials in Fujian Province, home to much of China’s distant-water fishing fleet.
Led by Governor Nakikus Konga, the delegation from East New Great Britain Province met with senior officials including Xie Jian Ping, the chief engineer at the provincial Ocean and Fisheries Bureau, a government office.
Papua New Guinea has “abundant fishery resources” and a “long coastline” that would prove of “great interest” to Fujian fishery firms, Ping said, according to remarks published by his office.
Also at the meeting were representatives of several Fujian fishing firms. Among them was Zhong Hong Fishery Co., which signed a cooperative agreement in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea’s capital, in June 2018, along with both the national ministry of fisheries and the East New Britain government, according to the Ocean and Fisheries Bureau.
Zhong Hang has not confirmed whether it’s working with Konga on his previously announced plan to build a cannery in East New Great Britain. Konga has told local media that Fujian Zhonghong Fishery Company Limited expressed interest in the project, according to Radio New Zealand.
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