Syria’s Investment Authority Discusses Building-Materials Complex and Restarting Idle Factories with Chinese Jiangsu
As part of activating the outcomes of the Syrian-Chinese Forum, the Investment Authority discussed with China's Jiangsu a specialised building-materials complex and cooperation with existing Syrian factories to restart them — a new step on the path of Chinese investment in Syria.
Damascus — 10 November 2026 | Reading time: 1 minute
Director General of the Syrian Investment Authority Ahmad Rawad Ramadan discussed with Chen Lijun, foreign affairs official at China’s Jiangsu company, a project to establish a specialised building-materials complex, and ways to cooperate with existing Syrian factories, foremost iron and ceramics plants, to take part in restarting them and raising their production capacity.
The meeting was held at the Authority’s headquarters in Damascus, as part of activating the outcomes of the Syrian-Chinese Economic Development Forum, held in Damascus on 3–4 November, and covered ways to benefit from the company’s industrial and commercial expertise and channels to support idle factories and take part in restarting them.
The forum was organised by the Syrian-Chinese Business Council, in coordination with the Syrian-Chinese Centre for Twinning Industrial Cities, and in cooperation with the Ministries of Economy and of Industry, Internal Trade and Consumer Protection. An economic delegation of 16 Chinese companies specialised in construction, engineering, investment, marketing and reconstruction took part, aiming to launch a practical path for Chinese investment in Syria and turn investment opportunities into projects and economic partnerships supporting development and reconstruction.
No signed agreement has been announced yet; the meeting discussed cooperation and the establishment of the complex as part of activating the forum’s outcomes.
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