OREANDA-NEWS. June 22, 2009. Ukraine and China will reinforce cooperation in various areas of economics. The Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko declared today during a meeting with a delegation of China led by president of the China International Trade Promotion Committee (CITPC) Wan Jifei.

“Ukraine is very hopeful for your arrival to activate our cooperation in terms of investing of the People’s Republic of China into Ukraine’s economy,” Yulia Tymoshenko noted.

According to the Prime Minister, a series of infrastructure projects readied to European Football Championship of 2012 is being developed within the country. Yulia Tymoshenko emphasized the parties could also have joint projects in fuel-energy complex and development of mineral resources in Ukraine. 

In his turn, the president of China International Trade Promotion Committee (CITPC) Wan Jifei stressed Chinese companies present in the delegation are ready to cooperate with Ukraine in all economic branches, in particular in machine-building, light industry, building.

Wan Jifei emphasized Chinese businessmen are striving to share the experience in the part of building stadiums acquired in the process of preparation and holding Summer Olympic Games of 2008 in Beijing. “Representatives of business circles have come to Ukraine with an aim to study possibilities of their participation in construction of stadiums and other projects joined to this Championship,” he explained.