According to the public relations and international affairs department of Arvand Investment and Development Company; quoting from Freena, the 23rd China International Fair for Investment & Trade (CIFIT 2023) will be held on September 8-11, 2023 in Xiamen, China, as the only investment promotion event in China to facilitate joint investments in other countries.
According to the announcement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, more than 800 trade delegations and about 4000 companies participated in this event, which was held last year in a space of 120,000 square meters and with the participation of 90 countries, including the Islamic Republic of Iran. 480 investment projects worth a total of 342 billion yuan (equivalent to 49.3 billion dollars) were signed.
In this economic event, investment opportunities and available platforms of Iran’s free and special economic zones will be introduced to investors, business owners and visitors at booth C416 of the Xiamen Exhibition. Also, in this economic event, the products of the free zones seek to identify the target market in the central corridor of the old continent, China and the countries of the Far East.
The China International Fair for Investment & Trade Exhibition is the fourth largest economic event and the second foreign exhibition in the current year, in which Iran’s free and special economic zones will present 850 investment packages and their export-oriented capabilities.
– The extent of Arvand Free Zone is 37,400 hectares
– Industrial and commercial background of the zone.
– A combination of experienced, young and educated manpower, especially in industrial and commercial fields.
– Having a water and land border with Iraq and the possibility of easy access to the market of the Persian Gulf countries.
– Access to the vast market and the internal population of Abadan and Khorramshahr (with a population of over 500,000 people) and the population of Khuzestan province (with a population of over 4 million people) and the population of 28 million in Iraq.
– The closest free zone to the major population, industrial, agricultural and mining centers of the country.
– Enjoying fresh water rivers Arvand, Karun and Bahmanshir with shipping capability.
– The existence of four types of road, rail, air and sea transportation in the region.
– Production of nearly 90% of the country’s hydropower in Khuzestan province.
– Cheap energy and labor especially for foreign investment in the region.
– Possessing the country’s second container port (Khorramshahr) as well as Abadan port and the possibility of transiting goods to regional countries and Central Asian countries as the closest port and the most economical and shortest north-south transit route of the country.
– Industrial, commercial and urban infrastructure facilities.
– Fertility of the soil along the rivers in the region to expand agricultural production.
– Shalamcheh border terminal is located in Arvand Free Zone.
– Annual trip of nearly 2 million pilgrims to visit Shalamcheh shrine.
– Abadan International Airport within the AFZ.
– The existence of the country’s largest sea passenger terminal in Khorramshahr port and the establishment of regular shipping lines to neighboring countries.
– Existence of 450,000 barrel Abadan refinery in Arvand Free Zone.
– The presence of huge platform construction facilities of the Ministry of Oil within the region.
– Existence of petrochemicals in Abadan city.
– The existence of well-equipped hotels within the free zone.
– High population capacity in the region.
– Proximity to Imam Khomeini Port and Petrochemical Special Economic Zone and Mahshahr Port and the possibility of using the facilities of those areas.
– The existence of the beautiful touristic island of Mino in the Arvand Free Zone.
– Acquaintance of the residents of the region with several living languages of the world.
– The presence of universities and institutions of higher education with a long history in the region.
– The existence of more than one hundred companies and production factories such as petrochemical, oil facilities, car wheel rim manufacturing, shipbuilding, flour, wood industry, foodstuff, soap making, electricity production, etc. in the area.
– Enjoying suitable weather conditions in eight months of the year.
– The shared language and culture and kinship relations of the people of the region with the neighboring countries.
– Located between the two oil poles of the Middle East, i.e. the oil-rich areas of southern Iran and the oil-rich areas of southern Iraq.
– Adjacent to large sugarcane cultivation and development companies and its ancillary industries.
– Adjacent to marsh and beautiful Shadegan lagoon.