FEASIBILITY REPORT OF RASHAKAI INDUSTRIAL ZONE PREPARED

[Kabira]

China National Electric Company has prepared feasibility report of Rashakai Industrial Zone to be constructed in Mardan under CPEC.

The report was presented to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak by the company's Chief Executive Li Nangzhi at a meeting in Peshawar today.

The meeting was informed that the zone will consist of two hundred industrial units, including steel, medicine, Halal food, textile and auto parts industries.

More than one thousand acres of land has already been acquired for this purpose.

On completion, the zone will initially create more than thirty thousand jobs for the youth.
http://www.radio.gov.pk/20-Jun-2017/feasibility-report-of-rashakai-industrial-zone-prepared

 

[Kabira]

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Technology City at Rashakai Special Economic Zone, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
The Technology City at Rashakai SEZ spans over one hundred acres of land and is aimed towards establishing a complete ecosystem for electronics manufacturing. Based on the initiative of industrial shift in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, being located at the gateway of One-Belt One-Road (OBOR), it is anticipated that the Technology City Rashakai will provide an ideal ecosystem for Chinese firms for shifting parts of their manufacturing facilities and bring it closer to the global consumer markets while still maintaining close proximity to the supply-chain.

It has a number of clusters comprising of:

• Electronic Manufacturing Cluster (EMC)
• Software Companies Cluster
• Academic Cluster
• R&D Cluster
• Non-Processing Zone

Why Should You Invest In Rashakai Technology City?

• Emerging consumer market of 200 million population for Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS). Over 13 million smartphones are imported during 2015-2016. Similarly, approximately 300,000 to 350,000 laptop and over a million desktop computers are imported annually to Pakistan.
• KP Government Procurement Policy to procure from local manufacturers only.
• Exemption from all taxes on income for a period of 10 years.
• Exemption from custom duties and taxes on import of capital goods/plant and machinery to Special Economic Zone.
• Excellent opportunity for Chinese Universities to become part of the Technology City eco-system by setting up external campuses to teach market oriented skills in collaboration with local academic partners.
• Availability of talented workforce for Electronic manufacturing and software development.

 

[Kabira]

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[武成王]

Cool.

 

[JohnyD]

sounds promising....