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Investment Authority discusses with Chinese company restarting Syrian factories

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Syria's Investment Authority Director General Rawad Ramadan and Chen Lijun, foreign affairs official at the Chinese firm Jiangsu, discussed setting up a building materials complex. The talks also covered cooperation with existing Syrian factories, especially iron and ceramics plants, to help restart them and expand their production capacity.

Syria's industry was badly damaged by more than a decade of civil war, and reviving factories and attracting foreign investment has been a stated priority for Syrian authorities.

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