China has approved a list of investment projects worth a total of 200 billion yuan ($28 billion) planned for next year, a spokesman for China’s State Committee for Development and Reform told Xinhua news agency.
He said there are 647 projects on the list, which covers such areas as construction of urban underground pipelines, programs to support the needy through employment, strengthening emergency water reservoirs, environmental protection and restoration, transportation infrastructure, key public infrastructure including educational, medical and cultural institutions, and key agricultural storage facilities.
The department intends to promote the launch and implementation of the projects as soon as possible and make efforts to make practical progress in their implementation as early as this year, so as to provide strong support for economic growth in the fourth quarter.
In addition, a representative of the state committee noted that there is a strong enough foundation to achieve the country’s 2024 economic growth targets of about 5%.
As reported, China’s GDP grew by 4.8% in January-September. Last year, the economy grew by 5.2%.
PrJSC Zaporizhkoks, one of the largest producers of coke products in Ukraine, which is part of Metinvest Group, will focus on improving work efficiency and implementing investment projects aimed at updating the furnace stock and improving product quality.
According to the company, these are the program goals of the newly appointed acting general director of the enterprise Oleksandr Bekhter.
As specified, Bekhter has many years of experience in the coke industry. He started at the coke shop of Zaporizhkoks, reached the post of deputy head of the enterprise’s tar distillation shop. In 2015-2018 he worked in the production and technical department, then headed it. Since 2018, he has been holding the position of production director of Zaporizhkoks.
“In his new position, Bekhter will focus on improving the efficiency of Zaporizhkoks and implementing investment projects aimed at updating the furnace fund and improving product quality,” the press release states.
Metinvest is a vertically integrated mining group of companies. Its main shareholders are SCM Group (71.24%) and Smart Holding (23.76%), which jointly manage the company.
Metinvest Holding LLC is the management company of Metinvest Group.
At a meeting on Friday, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine agreed to increase the amount of a concessional loan to Poland by EUR 60 million under an intergovernmental agreement for the implementation of investment projects.
According to the Ukrainian Ministry of Finance, the total amount of the soft loan that Poland will provide now amounts to EUR 160 million.
The funds provided will go to Ukravtodor – EUR 94.1 million (development of road infrastructure at the approaches to five border crossing points on the Ukrainian-Polish border), the State Customs Service – EUR 58.9 million (improvement of border crossing points Shehyni, Krakovets, Rava-Ruska, purchase of mobile scanning systems at border crossing points Yahodyn, Shehyni, Krakovets, Rava-Ruska) and the Administration of the State Border Service – EUR 7 million (purchase of unmanned aerial systems and border monitoring equipment).
In addition to increasing the loan amount, the government decree regulates the issue of extending the deadline for concluding contracts by two years – until December 31, 2024, and provides an opportunity to amend contracts concluded in 2017-2018 to increase their value.
According to the Ministry of Finance, the requirement for a minimum of 60% of expenses of Polish origin for the purchase of technical means of customs control will also be cancelled.
The National Securities and Stock Market Commission (NSSMRC) has added seven more cases to the list of unreliable investment projects and recommends that investors take this information into account in their activities.
As stated in the message of the regulator on Monday, we are talking about AmberFX, BB TEAM PRO, ConcordInvest, Safe Invest, FBS, Barclay Stone LTD and Enterprise London Limited.
“We urge citizens to be prudent and carefully assess the risks before investing their funds,” the Commission said.
The full list of projects now includes 123 items.
The debut International Defense Investment Forum, dedicated to the search for new directions in the development of Ukraine’s defense industry, which featured about 20 investment projects, was held in Kyiv at the Sikorsky Challenge (National Technical University of Ukraine “Ihor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”) on Thursday.
“The authorities have an understanding of the existing problems and the need to take all measures aimed at improving the current investment climate in the country,” Deputy Prime Minister for Strategic Industries Oleh Urusky said, opening the forum.
He said that the recently adopted laws On Defense Procurement should remove excessive secrecy in the defense industry and ensure transparency of procurement and On the peculiarities of reforming the state-owned defense industry should facilitate the attraction of investment and private business in the sector, according to which on the basis of Ukroboronprom two holding companies will be created.
Urusky also said that the Ministry for Strategic Industries of Ukraine has developed a Strategy for the Development of Ukraine’s Defense Industry until 2030. According to him, given the nature of modern wars and conflicts, the main directions in the development and production of domestic weapons and military equipment were: automated control systems; rocket and space technology; high-precision means of destruction, ammunition and products of special chemistry; means of electronic warfare; unmanned platforms and shock robotics; “soldier of the future” equipment.
During the forum, which was attended by a delegation from the UAE led by the Mariam bint Mohammed Saeed Hareb Almheiri, about 20 investment projects were presented in three areas: high-precision weapons and ammunition; robotic equipment: air, ground and marine components; automation of control and communication system.
In particular, “Shock unmanned aerial vehicle complex with barrage ammunition ST-35 Thunder (LLC NPP Athlon Avia), Organization of lines for the production of large caliber cartridges 12.7×99; 12.7×108; 14,5х114 for small arms (LLC Stiletto Ukraine) and Unmanned robotic platforms Scorpion 2 and Dwarf scout (LLC Infocom).
Among other projects – “Universal robotic remote-controlled combat module/Project ACHILLES” (LLC Diamond Defense Systems), Light BPAK battlefield Yatagan-2 with a swarm function (LLC First Contact).
Six dubious investment projects were identified by the National Securities and Stock Market Commission as part of the monitoring of scam projects, the press service of the regulator has said.
The list includes NPBFX, Gerchik & Co, Want. Broker, GoldenStanley, Kiexo and TrustMacquarieCapital.
At the time of publication there were 70 scam projects in the list of the National Securities and Stock Market Commission.
The Commission recalled that scam projects include investments in the quasi-market Forex and projects that offer investment services, but aim only at illegal seizure of investors’ funds.
