China’s largest investment in Georgia breaks ground   

中国在格鲁吉亚最大投资项目奠基 首期投资3亿美元

中国企业在格鲁吉亚最大的投资项目华凌国际经济特区7日举行奠基仪式。该项目将为环黑海区域、国际经商圈的形成和发展奠定基础，同时还将为当地提供大量的就业岗位。

Tbilisi (CNS) -- The Hualing International Special Economic Zone, China's largest investment project in the country of Georgia, was officially launched on Saturday.

Initial investment in the tax-free international logistics and trade center zone will amount to US$300 million.

Both Xinjiang and Georgia are vital regions along the ancient Silk Road, and bilateral cooperation has reached a new phase of development in the economic zone project, remarked Shi Dagang, Vice Chairman of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

China's Ambassador to Georgia Chen Jianfu expressed gratitude to the Georgian government for its endorsement of Chinese investors.

Prime Minister of Georgia Vano Merabishvili addressed the ceremony, saying that the project will provide jobs to the local population and improve living standards.

Hualing Group, the project's developer, is a private company based in Xinjiang that started investing in lumber and mining in Georgia in 2007.