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PT Puradelta Lestari Tbk (DMAS) has confirmed that a number of Chinese manufacturers plan to move their production bases to Greenland International Industrial Center (GIIC) in Cikarang, West Java due to US tariff policies. The US ...

PT Arista Auto Elektrindo, a subsidiary of Arista Group, has signed a distribution agreement with Farizon Auto, a subsidiary of Geely Holding Group, to formally introduce China's new energy commercial vehicle brand into the Indonesian market. The cooperation between the two parties focuses on heavy...

In September 2025, Chilean steelmaker Elecmetal and China's Longteng Group, through the joint venture PT Elecmetal Longteng Indonesia, invested $70 million in a mining steel ball production base in Batang, Central Java. The project ...

According to Statista data, Indonesia's TikTok Shop contributes $6.2 billion GMV (Gross Merchandise Volume) in 2024, a year-on-year increase of 39%, ranking second globally behind the US ($9 billion). Thailand ranked with $5.7 billion GMV...

China's leading construction machinery enterprises Guangxi LiuGong (LiuGong) in Jakarta organized LiuGong Financial Indonesia company opening ceremony and customer festival activities, the enterprise earlier agreed to wholly owned subsidiary LiuGong Machinery Indonesia Manufacturing Co. invested 500 million yuan people...

SAIC Group's first overseas "Wuling + MG MG" dual-brand co-branding experience center recently opened in Jakarta's prime business district, is the second store after the 2024 landing in Indonesia, marking the synergistic development of China's automobile brands in ASEAN into a new stage....

Globally recognized sports brand Anta has officially announced its entry into the Indonesian market through a launch event involving its brand ambassadors. This follows the opening of Anta's first monogrammed store at Living World Kota Wisata Cibubur in Jakarta in July 2025,...

Chinese capital accelerated the layout of Indonesia's aluminum industry chain, the Ministry of Energy and Mining confirmed Nanshan Aluminum's entry into Bintan Island's Galang Batang Special Economic Zone (annual capacity of 2 million tons of alumina); Hongqiao Aluminum's expansion of its West Kalimantan alumina plant through PT WHW (...

According to Indonesia's Road Traffic Law 2009, imported trucks (CBU) operating only in mining/industrial zones are exempted from SRUT certification (Model Registration Test) The applicable scenarios are internal transportation in mines, closed industrial zones, and other non-public roads for...

Xiaomi overtook all its competitors in Q2 2025 to become the double champion in the Southeast Asia smartphone market (25 million units shipped, down slightly by 1% year-on-year) and Indonesia. This is the first time since Q2 2021 that Xiaomi re...