China’s largest investment in Georgia breaks ground   

中國在格魯吉亞最大投資項目奠基 首期投資3億美元

中國企業在格魯吉亞最大的投資項目華凌國際經濟特區7日舉行奠基儀式。該項目將為環黑海區域、國際經商圈的形成和發展奠定基礎，同時還將為當地提供大量的就業崗位。

Tbilisi (CNS) -- The Hualing International Special Economic Zone, China's largest investment project in the country of Georgia, was officially launched on Saturday.

Initial investment in the tax-free international logistics and trade center zone will amount to US$300 million.

Both Xinjiang and Georgia are vital regions along the ancient Silk Road, and bilateral cooperation has reached a new phase of development in the economic zone project, remarked Shi Dagang, Vice Chairman of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

China's Ambassador to Georgia Chen Jianfu expressed gratitude to the Georgian government for its endorsement of Chinese investors.

Prime Minister of Georgia Vano Merabishvili addressed the ceremony, saying that the project will provide jobs to the local population and improve living standards.

Hualing Group, the project's developer, is a private company based in Xinjiang that started investing in lumber and mining in Georgia in 2007.