19 May 2011 Last updated at 00:04 GMT

Mr. Zhao Kezhi, Deputy Secretary for the Provincial Party Committee of Guizhou Province, meets with a delegation headed by Mr. Tiong Hiew King, Executive Chairman of Rimbunan Hijau Group, Malaysia

Source: Xinhua Net Published Date: 5 -19-2011

Communique from Guizhou Channel, Xinhua Net, May 19, 2011:

On the afternoon of May 16, 2011, Mr. Zhao Kezhi, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Provincial Governor of Guizhou Province met with a delegation led by Mr. Tiong Hiew King, the Executive Chairman of Malaysia Rimbunan Hijau (RH) Group, in Guiyang, during the delegation’s visit to Guizhou Province. Mr. Meng Qiliang, Deputy Provincial Governor, attended the meeting as well.

Mr. Zhao Kezhi expressed his thanks to RH Group on behalf of the Provincial Party committee, the Provincial Government and Mr. Li Zhanshu, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee for their long-term assistance to Guizhou Province, especially for their active participation in and warm-hearted support for the “Guizhou・Hong Kong Investment and Trade Interaction Week”. Mr. Zhao welcomed RH Group’s investment in Guizhou.

Mr. Zhao Kezhi said Guizhou has advantage in its economic resources, exquisite ecological environment, and great development potential. Currently, Guizhou is speeding up the preparation of the "Central Guizhou Economic Zone" development plan, with an aim to make the Economic Zone a “locomotive” and “engine” for promoting social and economic development in Guizhou and cultivate it into an important economic growth centre in China’s western region.

Since this year, Guizhou makes great efforts to launch activities to implement the “Three Construction Years” strategy. It has greatly motivated cadres, widened their vision, increased their desire to speed up the development, and obviously improved the investment environment. Through years of endless effort, Mr. Tiong Hiew King has guided RH Group to become a Top 500 Enterprise in the world, and made significant contributions to China’s reforms and opening up, modernization, development of Eastern and Western China, philanthropy, and education. Now it is the ideal time for Rimbunan Hijau group to invest in Guizhou. It is very insightful and strategic to build the Sino-Malaysia Rimbunan Hijau Industrial- Economic Zone in Changming Region, Guiding, Qiannan autonomous area, Guizhou.

Mr. Zhao hoped that Rimbunan Hijau Group would increase its confidence in investing in Guizhou, speed up the launch of the joint project with Guizhou, and actively participate in other investment-attracting projects. He also hoped that the Group can fully utilize its influence in international and overseas Chinese communities to help attract more enterprises to invest in Guizhou. Guizhou will make every effort to cooperate and ensure the smooth launch of joint projects, and assist both parties to achieve fruitful result.

Also, Mr. Tiong Hiew King thanked the Provincial Party Committee and Government of Guizhou for their great support and cooperation. Mr Tiong said that Guizhou is a land full of spectacular sights and hospitality and that Guizhou's new development strategies and ideas are encouraging. From a business perspective, it is a great time to invest in Guizhou right now. The RH Group has full confidence in its cooperation with Guizhou and is willing to accelerate the pace of developing the joint project. The Group intends to make contributions to Guizhou's social and economic development, while turning a new page for the Group.

Rimbunan Hijau Group is the strongest Malaysian enterprise with diversified investments throughout Malaysia and it has been ranked in the global Top 500 enterprises for years. The Group has focused on education in Guizhou, building many primary schools and financing many impoverished students. In May 2011, during the "Guizhou-Hong Kong Investment and Trade Week", Rimbunan Hijau Group signed a contract with Changming, Guiding, Qiannan autonomous area to develop the Bio-Tech Industrial Development Zone. Mr. Tiong Hiew King’s visit to Guizhou this time aims to speed up the initiation of the joint project, and make a survey on the issues related to building the Sino-Malaysia Rimbunan Hijau Industrial-Economic Zone in Changming Region.