Egypt Suez Economic and Trade Cooperation Zone

The Suez Economic and Trade Cooperation Zone is one of the second batch of state-level overseas economic and trade cooperation zones created under the auspices of the Chinese government. It is a key cooperation zone to be built with China's best resources. Construction started in 2008, and China-Africa TEDA Investment Co. Ltd. is the entity for the development.

Located in Egypt's Northwest Gulf of Suez Economic Zone in the triangle between Asia, Africa and Europe, the starting area covers 1.34 square kilometers. The initial development has been completed, with about US$900 million of investment.

By the end of 2015, 68 enterprises had settled in the starting area, including 33 manufacturing enterprises (29 Chinese-funded) and 35 service companies. It has absorbed US$900 million of agreed investment. There are five industrial parks for different businesses: petroleum equipment manufacturing (Honghua Group), high and low voltage electric equipment (XD-EGEMAC High Voltage Electric Equipment Co.), textile and garments (China Textile Machinery Non-woven Fabrics Co.), new building materials (China Jushi fiberglass), and machinery manufacturing (Muyang Storage Engineering). Upstream and downstream industries have been attracted to produce cluster effects.

In September 2014, China and Egypt agreed to expand the zone by 6 square kilometers, which will be developed in three phases with a total investment of UD$230 million. The expanded zone will accommodate 150-180 residential enterprises, and create more than 10,000 jobs for the Egyptians. On November 30, 2015, China's TEDA Investment Co. signed a land transfer agreement, by which it received two square kilometers of land from the Egyptian side. During his visit to Egypt, Chinese President Xi Jinping unveiled the expansion zone together with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

Promoted by the Egyptian Suez Canal Corridor Development Plan and the Belt and Road Initiative, a modern industrial city is blossoming on the barren beach by the Red Sea, showcasing Sino-Egyptian cooperation.

埃及蘇伊士經(jīng)貿(mào)合作區(qū)

埃及蘇伊士經(jīng)貿(mào)合作區(qū)是中國政府批準(zhǔn)的第二批國家級境外經(jīng)貿(mào)合作區(qū)，是集中了國家級資源開發(fā)建設(shè)的重點境外經(jīng)貿(mào)合作區(qū)，始建于2008年，由“中非泰達投資股份有限公司”實施運營。合作區(qū)位于蘇伊士灣西北經(jīng)濟區(qū)內(nèi),地處亞、非、歐三大洲交界的金三角地帶，起步區(qū)面積1.34平方公里，目前累計投資約1億美元，已基本開發(fā)完成。截至2015年底，蘇伊士合作區(qū)起步區(qū)共有企業(yè)68家，其中生產(chǎn)型企業(yè)達到了33家（含中資成分投資企業(yè)29家），另有生產(chǎn)、生活配套型企業(yè)35家。合作區(qū)累計吸引協(xié)議投資額超過9億美元，現(xiàn)已初步形成了以宏華鉆機和國際鉆井材料制造公司為龍頭的石油裝備產(chǎn)業(yè)園區(qū)、以西電-EGEMAC高壓設(shè)備公司為龍頭的高低壓電器產(chǎn)業(yè)園區(qū)、以中紡機無紡布為龍頭的紡織服裝產(chǎn)業(yè)園區(qū)、以巨石玻璃纖維公司為龍頭的新型建材產(chǎn)業(yè)園區(qū)，以及以牧羊倉儲公司為龍頭的機械制造類產(chǎn)業(yè)園區(qū)在內(nèi)的五大產(chǎn)業(yè)布局，并帶動上、下游產(chǎn)業(yè)入?yún)^(qū)，快速形成產(chǎn)業(yè)集群效應(yīng)。2014年9月，中埃雙方簽訂了合作區(qū)擴展區(qū)項目，擴展區(qū)面積6平方公里，將分三期開發(fā)，開發(fā)建設(shè)總投資約2.3億美元，根據(jù)擴展區(qū)建設(shè)開發(fā)規(guī)劃，建成后的區(qū)域?qū)⑽蠹s150－180家企業(yè)入駐，可以為埃及創(chuàng)造1萬多個就業(yè)機會。2015年11月30日，中國泰達投資公司與埃方簽署《蘇伊士經(jīng)貿(mào)合作區(qū)擴展區(qū)一期土地移交協(xié)議》，從埃方接受了一期2平方公里的土地。2016年1月習(xí)近平主席訪問埃及期間，與塞西總統(tǒng)共同為擴展區(qū)揭牌。在埃及“蘇伊士運河走廊開發(fā)計劃”和共建“一帶一路”倡議的推動下，合作區(qū)持續(xù)發(fā)展，在紅海之濱的荒灘上建起一座現(xiàn)代化產(chǎn)業(yè)新城，成為中埃合作的重要成果。