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Our association has started to place focus on this.”
Last month, while accompanying a Chinese solar energy player to visit Perlis, PUCM gave talks on Malaysia-China bilateral ties, trade and investment opportunities to 1,000 mainly Malay university students there.
“Most major Chinese companies are state-owned and they do not need to care about public relations or do community service in China. But over here, we will have to help to promote Chinese companies to the Malaysian society. We will encourage our members to do more social work and get media coverage.”
Li believes there will be more Chinese investments coming to Malaysia but the new players will not be construction and infrastructure firms as the property market here is “quite matured”. The next wave of investments from China is
expected to be from technology, plantation, green technology and fishery sectors.
In fact, the Chinese have already invested in the plantation sector in Sabah and Sarawak without publicity about it. And potential players are looking at locations in Kelantan and Terengganu. Another area that Chinese firms are keen on is the halal manufacturing sector in Malaysia, which is known for its halal certification globally.
“In two to three years, many Chinese firms will be making halal products here and export to other Asean nations and the Middle East. This is a win-win situation for Malaysia and China,” says Li, who is bilingual in Chinese and English.
Looking into the future, Li says PUCM will organise more events that could attract participation from all races. They have been organising painting and photography competitions, which are open to all. “Our main goal now is to get our members to have more exchanges and communication with the local people, particularly the Malay society and the government bodies.”
On his personal business, Li wants to bring in more Chinese tourists into Malaysia.
“Twenty years ago when I set foot here, there were fewer than 200,000 Chinese tourists visiting this country but last year the figure swelled to three million. This year, we could see 3.5 million to four million coming.” He foresees 1.2 million to 1.3 million Malaysians visiting China this year, compared to last year’s 1.1 million.
“Malaysia continues to be a favourite destination for Chinese tourists. The increase in direct flights to second- and third-line cities and higher flight frequency will bring more Chinese tourists here, and vice versa. Now, more Malays and Indians are visiting China.”
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