2020-12-18 07:35:34 GMT2020-12-18 15:35:34(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
COLOMBO, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- Prominent conglomerates from Sri Lanka and China on Thursday signed a landmark agreement to commence the first large scale investment in the multi-billion-dollar port city project in capital Colombo which will strengthen Sri Lanka's economy and its development sector in the international market.
The agreement was signed between Browns Investments PLC, the Strategic Investment Arm of the LOLC Group which is one of the largest and most diversified conglomerates in Sri Lanka and China Harbour Engineering Company Limited (CHEC), in the presence of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and Ambassador of China to Sri Lanka Qi Zhenhong, to invest in the Colombo International Finance Centre (CIFC) Mixed-Use Development Project in the Colombo Port City, a statement said.