AMMAN —
The board of directors of the
Amman Chamber of Commerce (ACC) discussed with
Chinese Ambassador Chen Chuandong obstacles facing Jordanian businessmen with
trade ties to the East Asian country, according to the Jordan News Agency,
Petra.
اضافة اعلان
According to an ACC statement Saturday, discussions
focused on ways to facilitate granting visas to Jordanian traders visiting
China, and the need to launch coordination and cooperation with the Chinese
embassy’s economic and commercial section in this regard.
ACC Chairman
Khalil Haj Tawfiq asserted the need to
continue joint contacts to facilitate trade and promote China’s trade and
investment opportunities in Jordan. He called for organizing a Chinese economic
delegation’s visit to the Kingdom.
He pointed to the need to reorganize the permanent
Chinese products fair in Jordan, which was suspended under restrictions in the
wake of COVID-19 pandemic. He said that would serve importers and the
commercial sector in Jordan, the Palestinian Territories, Syria, Iraq, Libya
and Yemen, which contributes to making the Kingdom a trade destination for the
region’s countries.
In this regard, Hajj Tawfiq affirmed that the ACC’s
readiness to cooperate with the Chinese authorities to hold the fair as soon as
possible.
He also pointed to the need to diversify the base of
China’s commodity imports from Jordan, which contributes to reducing the
apparent deficit in the trade balance between the two countries.
The Kingdom’s imports from China amounted to about
JD2.2 billion during 2021, compared to JD72 million in exports in the same
year.
Chen said his country’s embassy will announce on its
official website new regulations approved by the Chinese government which will
facilitate visa requirements to Jordanian business people.
In this regard, he said the requirement of an
official
Chinese government invitation to obtain a visit visa is scrapped and
is replaced by a Chinese partner’s invitation to Jordanian traders.
The envoy also said China will recognize COVID-19
test results issued for Jordanian travelers to China by accredited medical labs
in the Kingdom. He referred to the possibility of reducing the institutional
quarantine period after arrival from 14 to seven and three days in the hotel as
a first step towards China’s gradual resumption to contacts with the world.
As for the stay period in China, he said it depends
on the visit’s goals and the number of trips allowed, pointing to availability
of regular flights on multiple airlines, especially from Dubai, Istanbul and
Cairo directly to China, in addition to some European airports.
The envoy also said the Chinese embassy’s economic
and commercial section will cooperate with the ACC to facilitate procedures to
obtain a visa by granting letters of recommendation to its members interested
in traveling to China to pursue their businesses.
The Chinese government will exert efforts with
state-owned freight companies to reduce their fees to help exporters cover the
operational costs, and remove obstacles facing the shipping movement to and
from China, according to Ambassador Chen.
“China welcomes importing more Jordanian products and
increasing Chinese investments in the Kingdom, as it views the Kingdom a
gateway to the markets of nearby Arab countries.”
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