The Belarusian and Chinese sides have completed the registration of the joint venture which will assemble powered forage harvesters, BelTA learnt from Igor Korotkevich, head of the Gomselmash sales department.

Belarusian Potash Company (BPC) plans to sign a potash supply contract with China by the end of 2009, BPC General Director Vladimir Nikolaenko told reporters.

The transport ministers of Belarus, Lithuania and China will discuss the cooperation in developing the transport network in Europe and Asia in Vilnius on 19 October. During the meeting, the sides intend to sign the trilateral agreement on setting up the overland transport corridor via Lithuania, Belarus, Russia, Kazakhstan and China, BelTA learnt from Irina Sklepovich, a representative of the communications department of the Lithuanian Ministry of Transport and Communications.

Belarus plans to use Chinese credit resources to buy electrical equipment in 2010, Belarusian Energy Minister Alexander Ozerets told media on 13 October.

The State Standardization Committee of Belarus and the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of China have agreed to rule out repeated tests and additional procedures in mutual trade, Chairman of the State Standardization Committee of Belarus Valery Koreshkov told reporters in Minsk on 9 October after the negotiations with the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of China.

Belarus, Lithuania and China will sign the memorandum on development of the cooperation in the transit traffic area, Minister of Transport and Communications of Belarus Ivan Shcherbo noted during the opening of the international exhibition Transport and Logistics 2009. The document will be signed within the framework of the forum which will be held in Vilnius on 19 October.

Belarus and China are set to follow the trend of stepping up their trade and economic cooperation, First Vice-Premier of Belarus Vladimir Semashko stated during a meeting to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China on 30 September.

China tends to continue its long-term cooperation with Belarus. This policy of China’s will remain intact in any conditions, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of China to Belarus Lu Guicheng stated during a meeting to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China on 30 September.

The Chinese corporation Dong Jin Group is implementing a project to grow table variety grapes in film-type unheated greenhouses in the Gomel oblast. The relevant agreement was reached at a meeting of the Heilongjiang province delegation with the Gomel oblast administration in Gomel on 25 September.

Gomselmash and Chinese corporation Dong Jin Group will set up a joint company to assemble forage harvesters Palesse FS60. The relative agreement is supposed be signed during a visit of the Chinese delegation to Gomel at the end of this week, BelTA learnt in Gomselmash.

Chinese company Citic International Cooperation co Ltd fulfills its obligations to the construction of technological lines at Belarus’ cement plants, BelTA learnt from the Belarus State Control Committee.

Belarusian forage harvesters can be quite competitive on the Chinese market, provided a joint venture is set up soon in China in order to assemble and later on manufacture the harvesters. The conclusion was made by Chinese specialists after a presentation of a forage harvester KSK-600 made by Belarusian Gomselmash in the Chinese province Heilongjiang (Harbin is the central city), BelTA learnt from representatives of the Embassy of Belarus in China.

Minsk Wheel Tractor Plant (MZKT) and the Chinese space industry group of companies Xiang Jiang are setting up a joint venture in Minsk, BelTA learnt from the Business Relations Agency, which quoted MZKT information.