Chinese Industrial Parks in Sanand

A Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation on Industrial Parks in India between Ms. Sujatha Singh Foreign Secretary and Ms. Gao Yan, Vice Minister, Ministry of Commerce was signed for cooperation between Chinese and Indian enterprises including the development of industrial parks in India to provide a platform for cluster type development.

The Union Government has already given an in-principle approval to the signing of an MoU at, with regard to the setting up of Chinese industrial parks in India.

While five states for Chinese industrial parks namely Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Karnataka have been named, Gujarat has taken the lead in this subject.

A 20-member Chinese business-cum-investor delegation has short-listed three locations near Sanand in Ahmedabad district to set up their units in an industrial park with an initial investment of $1 billion. They shortlisted three locations to set up a Chinese township and industrial park at Sachana, Dalsana and Jakhwada villages near Sanand town of Ahmedabad.