Chinese companies are interested in importing wine and oil from Bulgaria, and are looking for investment opportunities in Bulgaria. This became clear during a meeting between Deputy Minister of Economy Alexander Manolev and Ms. Wu Zhongqiong, Vice Governor of Jiangxi Province. She is on an official visit to the country at the head of a business delegation.

Due to the high interest of the business from the province to Bulgaria, it was agreed to sign a Memorandum of Cooperation between the Ministry of Economy and Jiangxi Province. Vice Governor Wu Zhongqiong suggested that this be done in May during the largest trade fair in Central China, which the province will host, and expressed hope that it will include the first concrete projects that the two countries are implementing.

The meeting at the Ministry of Economy was also attended by the Deputy Governor of the Sofia Region Nikolay Nikolov.

Investment projects worth over BGN 800 million are starting in Bulgaria. The total number of newly created jobs will exceed 2,500. This was announced by Deputy Economy Minister Alexander Manolev during an official award ceremony for the winners of the 16th edition of the Annual Responsible Business Awards, organized by the Bulgarian Business Leaders Forum.

“We need more initiatives to focus on successful companies in Bulgaria, because they have a number of reasons to be proud of their achievements,” said Alexander Manolev. According to him, for the last 10 years the private sector in our country has created over 100 thousand new jobs. “A significant part of them are conscientious employers who continue to develop today. And who do not forget that in order to have sustainability you have to invest in society, “said the Deputy Minister of Economy.

He presented the awards in the “Investment in Society” category, where Raiffeisen took first place with the “Choose to Help” donation campaign.

In the 16th edition of the competition for corporate social responsibility, a record 112 projects of 71 companies competed in six categories. The awards aim to promote the best practices of companies in areas such as ecology, education, employee development, local communities and society as a whole.

The award ceremony was also attended by the Mayor of Sofia Municipality Yordanka Fandakova, the Minister of Environment and Water Neno Dimov, the Minister of Labor and Social Policy Biser Petkov, the Deputy Minister of Education and Science Denitsa Sacheva and others.

We expect the Bulgarian export in 2019 to exceed 57 billion. This forecast was made by the Deputy Minister of Economy, Alexander Manolev, during the opening of the Bulgarian-Japanese business forum in Sofia.

The event was also attended by Ambassador of Japan to Bulgaria H.E. Makoto Watanabe, Executive Director of the Bulgarian Investment Agency Stamen Yanev, Deputy Chairman of the Bulgarian Trade and Industry Council Georgi Stoev and others.

A Japanese delegation led by Satoshi Abe, Director General of the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), also arrived in Bulgaria to participate in the forum.