Indonesia and China agreed to implement 16 fresh investment projects with a full value of $2.19 billion. The information was provided by JakartaGlobal portal on January 12. The projects cover a wide scope of sectors ranging from natural materials and food processing to advanced technologies.
Chinese investments are to cover, among others, base metals, seafood processing, as well as modern areas specified as drones, batteries, artificial intelligence and digital technologies. The aim is to deepen industrial cooperation between the 2 countries.
The agreements are part of the Partnership of Countries and 2 Parks (TCTP). This programme is intended to support the improvement of the processing industry, facilitate cross-border investment and integrate Indonesian and Chinese supply chains. peculiar emphasis is placed on the manufacturing manufacture and natural materials-based sectors.
The Indonesian Minister of Coordination for the Economy of Airlanga Hartarto stressed that cooperation with China has large economical potential. He highlighted the scale of both markets and their industrial capacity. In his opinion, the agreed projects show how broad and open cooperation between these countries can be.
16 projects are implementing the TCTP Action Plan Memorandum. The paper was signed in May 2025 by Airlanga Hartarto and China Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao.
Airlanga besides declared Indonesia's willingness to deepen cooperation in sectors with higher added value. He pointed to infrastructure, logistics, renewable energy, digital economy, artificial intelligence, quantum computers, food security, wellness care and human capital development.
Indonesia is the 4th most populous country in the planet and has over 280 million inhabitants. It is simply a rapidly developing emerging economy of advanced geostrategic importance. Key maritime trade routes between Asia and Europe run through the Indonesia archipelago.
