A DELEGATION from China Chengtong (CCT) Holdings Group Ltd, led by Vice President Li Yousheng met President Donald Ramotar on Monday for talks regarding its interest in the establishment of an agri-forest project in Guyana.

The company is a producer of forestry-pulp papers, and also pursues investments in wholesale marketing, tourism, and cultural and packaging industries. There are more than 100 subsidiary companies all over China with a branch in South East Asia and there are plans for expansion into Africa.
Its Vice President told the Government Information Agency (GINA), that the historic bilateral meeting  between President Donald Ramotar and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Trinidad and Tobago earlier this month had encouraged the prospect of strengthened cooperation between the two countries in agriculture and forestry.
“The project (proposed) is just the plantation for the trees and an integrated base for agricultural projects… that (will be) very good for the… local people here,” Vice President Li said in an invited comment.
He gave the assurance that sustainable practices are at the heart of the company’s method of building the forestry industry.