The number of Chinese companies in the Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafz) is expected to increase following interest generated by Dubai's participation in a top business summit in Beijing.
Currently there are more than 50 Chinese companies in Jafz.
A high-profile delegation from the Jebel Ali Free Zone Authority (Jafza) participated in the China Business Summit in Beijing last week.
The summit was organised in association with the World Economic Forum.
China Business Summit brings together multinational companies, private business entrepreneurs and leading Chinese state-owned enterprises.
"The summit allowed us to showcase Jafza's infrastructure facilities as well as the incentives it offers, to discerning Chinese invest-ors and entrepreneurs," said Ebrahim Mohammad Al Janahi, Jafza vice-president of commercial sales, in a press release.
"We have been making concerted efforts to establish strong business alliances with leading companies from various countries, and our participation in the China Business Summit comes within this broader strategy," he said.
In the days leading up to the China Business Summit, the Jafza delegation visited three major cities Shanghai, Ningbo and Beijing, the summit venue where they held discussions with several leading companies, with many of them indicating an active interest in setting up operations in Jafza.
These business visits were arranged by Sinobal, Jafza's representative organisation in China, which has offices all over the country.
The Jafza delegation also visited the Ningbo Port, one of the most prominent ports in China, to explore avenues for business cooperation, and closely interacted with key officials of Ningbo's Department of Foreign Trade.
