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Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Yesterday, April 5, opening ceremony of skin processing workshops, which is being established in Bayankhongor aimag with grant aid of the People's Republic of China, was held at Tuushin Hotel in Ulaanbaatar.
MP G.Zandanshatar said “- The Government has put an industrial policy 21:100. Moreover, people take initiatives to establish small and medium enterprises of processing in countryside. When I put a proposal regarding the initiative to the Embassy of China in Mongolia, they said to support with equipment and it is being realized now. The workshops and plant give possibility to process animal skins and produce value-added products”.
Sheep and goad skin processing workshops are to be built in six soums, namely Jinst, Bayangobi, Shinejinst, Bayanlig, Ulziit and Bogd of Bayankhongor aimag. A middle scale processing plant with capacity of less than 200 pieces of skins and hides daily will also be built in the aimag center.
Chinese Ambassador Xing Haiming said “- President of China Xi Jinping gives high importance to the relationship of the two countries. According to the guidelines of Xi Jinping and the Government, we are intensifying cooperation with Mongolia in all spheres. This includes active economic and business cooperation. Relationship with local community is also an integral part of the cooperation. Therefore we have made an investment to processing plant of friendship of Mongolia and China in Bayankhongor aimag. Further, we are ready to develop the cooperation actively”.
“- Some of the workshops presented to soums started their operations today. We express our gratitute to the Chinese Embassy for the investment of CNY200 thousand” said Governor of Bayankhongor aimag G.Batjargal. Today, sheep skin costs MNT 2000, and goat skin with its cashmere costs MNT20000 in the aimag. The workshops will process devalued skins at lower price and supply the processed skins to the market as well as planning to make some ready-to-use products. Over 50 new jobs are being created in Bayankhongor aimag as a result of the new workshops.
Published Date:2017-04-05