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PM: Great Stone attracts almost $1bn in investments

MINSK, 18 May (BelTA) - Investments of Great Stone resident companies have approached $1 billion, Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko said during a visit to the China-Belarus Industrial Park Great Stone, BelTA has learned.

The first stage of the development of the park is coming to an end, Roman Golovchenko said. "New land plots have already been allocated. It is necessary to develop them. Accordingly, it is important to continue the development of the park's infrastructure. Investments from the state budget amounted to about 4% of the total amount of funds invested in the development of the Great Stone. These investments have already paid off many times over. Only due to tax payments, the park returned to the country's budget three times more than we spent," the prime minister said.

High-quality content is also important, Roman Golovchenko noted. "The first residents were the companies working in logistics, warehousing and so on. Now there is a great demand for the manufacturing space. All workshops and premises have either been bought out or leased," the head of government explained.

According to him, now the tasks that are set for the park will be synchronized with those facing the state. "Initially, it was important to promote the park, to make it recognizable, to attract as many residents and investments as possible. They, by the way, are approaching $1 billion. I think that there will be no problems with this," Roman Golovchenko said.

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