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Chinese logging firm signals interest in establishing wood products park
Bai Shan Lin Forest Development Inc., a Chinese wood processing company operating in Guyana, is looking to move ahead with haste on its large scale industrial plans to establish a trade park.
Whenze Chu, Chairman of the China Forest Industry Group Company Ltd, the parent company of Bai Shan Lin which engaged in timber harvesting, sale and processing, yesterday met with President Donald Ramotar and Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment, Robert Persaud, for talks.
President Donald Ramotar reviews business plans presented by Chairman of the China Forest Industry Group Company Ltd, Whenze Chu, during a meeting that also involved Minister of Natural Resources, Robert Persaud.
The park will occupy five square kilometers and will promote various kinds of wood products and brands.
While wood processing will be the main feature, the park will also encompass industries for ship building, woodworking, machinery, processing and manufacturing, food and aquatic processing, mining, a school and hospital, a government statements said yesterday.
Construction of an international mall and an exhibition centre to showcase finished products manufactured at the Bai Shan Lin plant in Linden and other entrepreneurship ventures are also on the cards.
Providence in the vicinity of the Guyana National Stadium on the East Bank Demerara has been proposed. This area has been flooded with investments so numerous that in the near future will make it part of the urban network.
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