The Flanders-China Chamber of Commerce and the Weihai EU Office in Ghent organized an information meeting on ‘Building a Successful Plant in Weihai, Shandong Province’. This meeting took place on April 16th at the Voka Box in Gent.

Representatives from the Weihai Economic and Technological Development Zone (Weihai ETDZ) offered an insight into the economic environment and main sectors for investing in the Zone and the EU-China (Weihai) Industrial Park. In addition, Bekaert also shared their experiences of building a successful plant in this zone.

Weihai City is a coastal city in Shandong. Located south of downtown Weihai, the Weihai Economic and Technological Development Zone was set up by the State Council in 1992. The pillar industries of Weihai ETDZ are electronics, pharmaceuticals, automobile parts, textiles, machinery, food processing, ICT and Environmental Protection Technology. It consists of several industrial zones, including Export Processing Zone (Weihai EPZ), Harbor Industrial Park and EU-China (Weihai) Industrial Park. The EU-China (Weihai) Industrial Park was set up in 2012 and covers an area of 14.4 sq km.

The City of Weihai and the City of Ghent have a sister city agreement, while the Flanders-China Chamber of Commerce and the City of Weihai have a longstanding cooperation agreement.