F REIGN TRADE - 中国国际贸易促进委员会

2011
Congratulatory Messages For The Spring Festival
Asia
Jordan
Since the establishment of diplomatic ties between Jordan and China
in 1977, leaders of the two countries have attached great importance to
the bilateral relationship and have made many direct efforts to bring it
forward. Thanks to their support, bilateral cooperation in the political,
economic, cultural, and education areas has made sound progress, and
friendly exchanges have been scales up.
With both sides making vigorous efforts on the basis of equality,
reciprocity and common development, Jordan and China have witnessed
rapid progress in bilateral trade and economic cooperation, which has
yielded satisfactory results in recent years. Bilateral trade broke the 2
billion USD barrier in 2009 for the first time and has been maintaining a
momentum of fast development.
Both the Jordanian and Chinese economics are strongly complementary
to each other, and there is huge room for trade and economic
cooperation between the two countries. China can increase its imports
of phosphate and potassium and participates in Jordan’s mega projects.
Jordan is working on a number of Mega Projects that are regional in their
impact and scope, cutting across several sectors and based on partnerships
with the private sector. These mega projects in the key sectors of
energy, transport, water and environment position Jordan as a regional
hub for energy and transport networks, but are also essential in creating
a transformative economic dynamic by allowing it to overcome chronic
natural resource and development constraints in terms of water and
energy, as well as significant environmental challengers. These efforts
equally contribute to ensuring sustainable economic growth and quality
standards of living, as well as addressing critical challenges of poverty
alleviation, sustained growth and investment flows.
The mega projects currently in preparation include the Jordan National
Railway Project, the Nuclear Power Plant Project and the Jordan
Red Sea Projects (Red-Dead Desalination projects), in addition to projects
in alternative energy (such as oil shale, solar power projects). Cooperation
with China can help in knowledge and experience transfer in the
implementation and management of such projects, in addition to financing
options which will help in bridging the financing gaps.
Finally, on behalf the Government of Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, I
would like to extend my cordial greetings and best wished to the one million
readers of China’s Foreign Trade. May the year 2011 be a better and a
happier year and wish the China’s Foreign Trade magazine a great success!
H.E. Anmar A.H.N.Al-Hmoud
Ambassador of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to China
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