Investors from the PRC want to open a plant in the EAEU

Investors from China are planning to open an oil extraction plant and greenhouses for growing strawberries in the EAO, both projects can be opened in the status of an international free economic zone, EAO head Maria Kostyuk told TASS in an interview. "With all investors who show interest in investing in the region, we are discussing the establishment of production in the EAO. Today, two enterprises from the PRC are already registered with us - the construction of an oil extraction plant and greenhouses for growing strawberries is planned," she said. Both investors can also start working within the framework of an international free economic zone. The project to build an oil extraction plant for processing soybeans involves annual capacity of 100,000 tons, with investments in the project amounting to 1.2 billion rubles. The project to build a greenhouse complex for growing strawberries and blueberries will be invested in at 0.5 billion rubles. The corresponding agreements with the regional government were concluded at the X Eastern Economic Forum.