Media Confident That Positive China-Indonesia Cooperation Continues to Rise
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto recently stated at the 79th National Cooperative Day celebration that Indonesians...
Indonesian Commercial Real Estate Sees Long-Term Incremental Demand from Chinese Enterprises
rnrnDriven by the "China Plus One" global layout strategy, a large number of Chinese enterprises seek to establish overseas production and operation bases. Southeast Asia has become a core deployment region. The head of JLL Indonesia pointed out that Indonesia has great potential to host Chinese enterprises' overseas expansion, which will continue to drive demand for local commercial real estate such as industrial land, logistics warehouses, and office spaces. JLL released the latest research report "Thriving Outward: Global Real Estate Strategies for Chinese Enterprises", showing that 97% of Chinese enterprises list overseas expansion as a core business strategy. However, they commonly encounter various difficulties in overseas implementation.rnrn82% of enterprises
Chinese Lithium Enterprises Intensify Investment in Indonesian Market
Lopal Technology recently issued an announcement on foreign investment. The company's controlled subsidiary, Liyuan Asia Pacific, plans to build the third phase of the new energy battery cathode material project in Batang Comprehensive Industrial Park, Central Java, Indonesia, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Liyuan Indonesia Batang. The total investment is estimated at US$160 million, equivalent to approximately RMB 1.088 billion, with an annual production capacity of 120,000 tons of second and third generation lithium iron phosphate. Lopal Technology's estimated contribution based on its shareholding ratio is RMB 377 million. The project company's registered capital is 300 billion Indonesian rupiah, equivalent to RMB 112 million, all in cash, with funding sources covering self-owned funds, bank loans, and self-raised funds.
Indonesian Mining and Defense Giants Advance Copper-Gold Downstream Processing
Indonesian state-owned mining group MIND ID's subsidiary PT Freeport Indonesia has entered into a strategic collaboration with state-owned defense industry group DEFEND ID to build a brass rolling mill and brass casting production line at the Gresik Industrial Park in East Java, with an annual capacity of 10,000 tons. Leveraging its own copper mine resources, the initiative aims to optimize copper supply, support Indonesia's defense and military industry, and fill gaps in the ammunition component supply chain. To further absorb Freeport's cathode copper output and meet domestic manufacturing demand, MIND ID plans to expand copper rod and copper wire production facilities with a designed annual capacity of 300,000 tons, along with an ancillary annual production of 10
Jababeka Industrial Park Partners with Chinese Company to Build Innovation Cooperation Center
KIJA Group, the operator of Indonesia's Jababeka Industrial Park, has reached a strategic cooperation with China's Silk Road Group to jointly establish a China-Indonesia Innovation Cooperation Center, intensifying efforts to attract Chinese enterprises to invest in Indonesia. Based on a project-oriented and sustainable cooperation model, various benchmark industrial projects will be steadily implemented, deepening bilateral industrial and digital economy collaboration. The founder of Jababeka Industrial Park stated that the two sides will start with demonstration project development and gradually advance investment implementation. The first key plan is the 500-hectare Jababeka Digital Park, which is expected to be officially launched at the World Digital Economy Forum to be held in Beijing in early July 2026.
Middle East Conflict Drives Industrial Relocation to Indonesian Industrial Zones
Due to the ongoing escalation of geopolitical conflicts in the Middle East, many multinational corporations are seeking more stable regions as alternative destinations for production relocation and business expansion. Multiple industrial estates in Indonesia are actively seizing this investment opportunity to attract more international capital. Industry insiders generally believe that this trend provides a strategic opportunity for Indonesia to enhance its investment appeal in manufacturing and downstream processing industries. Local industrial estates are also accelerating improvements in capacity and service levels to proactively accommodate potential industrial transfers. Business circles and industry figures point out that Indonesia possesses multiple advantages for attracting investment.
GEM's Indonesia Nickel-Cobalt Project Rectification Completed, Expected to Resume Full Production
In response to the fatal landslide accident at the Morowali Industrial Park (IMIP) in Central Sulawesi Province and the resulting regulatory crisis, GEM recently issued an official clarification statement, confirming that the environmental permit for its Indonesia nickel-cobalt project jointly invested with Tsingshan Holding Group has not been revoked, and all rectification work has been fully completed. The project is expected to resume full production soon, completely eliminating market concerns about a prolonged shutdown. The crisis originated from a landslide accident in February 2026, triggered by heavy rain, which caused a partial collapse of a temporary waste storage facility at PT QMB New Energy.
Chinese Garment Enterprises Enter West Java Industrial Park
In recent years, the textile and textile product (TPT) industry in West Java has faced immense pressure, with multiple factories reported to have shut down, while many other companies have moved production lines to Central Java to reduce operational costs. However, against this backdrop, the West Java industrial park has instead welcomed a new wave of Chinese investors, primarily in the garment (apparel) sector, marking a new dynamic in Indonesia's textile industry landscape. The Sales and Tenant Relations Manager of Suryacipta Industrial Park stated that several garment companies from China have already entered the park to set up factories. In terms of the number of companies, the garment industry has become one of the most prominent sectors among incoming tenants.
China-Indonesia bilateral cooperation in fisheries sector strengthened
Indonesia's Ministry of Cooperatives, together with the China-Shanghai Cooperation Organization Economic and Trade Exchange Center (SCO-ETEC) and several Chinese companies, signed six fishery cooperation memorandums of understanding in Jakarta, aiming to build cooperative-based fishery facilities and promote the development of Indonesia's marine fisheries. The Minister of Cooperatives stated that this cooperation implements the economic and trade consensus reached last year between President Prabowo and Chinese leaders, focusing on the development of marine fishery potential and supporting industry construction. The memoranda cover the construction of facilities such as ice factories, cold storage, shipyards, and small solar power plants, all of which will be operated by Indonesia's Red and White Village/Community Cooperatives (Kopdes Me
US Urges Indonesia to Limit Overcapacity of Chinese-Invested Smelters
The United States is pushing Indonesia to limit overcapacity of foreign-invested smelters and ensure equal treatment of industrial park facilities, a move seen as targeting China's dominant investment in Indonesia's critical mineral refining sector. In the trade agreement related to reciprocal tariff reductions between the US and Indonesia, Indonesia has committed to limiting overcapacity of foreign-invested smelters (including nickel, cobalt, bauxite, etc.) and ensuring industrial parks comply with relevant regulations. The Head of the Industry, Trade, and Investment Center at the Institute for Development of Economics and Finance (Indef) stated that China has long dominated Indonesia's smelting and refining industry for critical minerals such as nickel, and the US is unwilling to see
Indonesia Builds Multiple Green Eco-Industrial Parks
SUN Energy, using its Energy as a Solution model, is helping Indonesia build green industrial parks, driving industrial parks and their tenants to reduce emissions, improve efficiency, and meet global ESG standards. This model goes beyond simply supplying solar energy, constructing a complete new energy ecosystem covering photovoltaics, energy storage, energy management, and vehicle electrification, providing a systematic low-carbon foundation for industrial parks. Currently, SUN Energy has installed photovoltaic power stations in three major industrial zones in Indonesia—Karawang International Industrial City (
CIMC Ventures into Indonesia: Morowali Industrial Park to Produce 'Blue' LNG and Methanol
Shenzhen-headquartered CIMC Group recently announced that its subsidiary, CIMC Enric, has signed a joint venture cooperation agreement and a coke oven gas supply agreement with Tsingshan Holding Group and Nanjing Iron & Steel Co., Ltd., respectively, to jointly develop a project in Indonesia for producing liquefied natural gas (LNG) and co-producing methanol from coke oven gas. The project will be located in the Morowali Industrial Park (IMIP), also known as the Tsingshan Project, led by CIMC Enric, with an annual design capacity of 180,000 tons of blue LNG and 100,000 tons of blue methanol. This is CIMC Group's first integrated steel-coking project in Indonesia.
US and Chinese Investors Show Interest in Developing Indonesia's Semiconductor Industry
The Indonesian Industrial Estate Association has revealed that investors from the United States, Mainland China, Taiwan (China), and other regions have shown investment interest in Indonesia's semiconductor industry. The association calls on global semiconductor companies to form joint ventures with local Indonesian enterprises to promote technology transfer, improve the local supply chain, and enhance Indonesia's human resource capacity, preventing foreign investment from remaining only at the level of capacity building. The association's chairman stated that a US-German joint consortium has initiated semiconductor industry development in Batam, Indonesia. The consortium comprises multiple companies with an investment of US$26.73 billion (approximately IDR 447.59 trillion) in Batam, with related facilities set to
Indonesia Plans to Provide Free Land for Investors in Batang
Indonesia's state-owned enterprise regulatory agency is studying a bold policy of providing free land to potential investors, aiming to enhance Indonesia's regional competitiveness and stimulate both domestic and foreign investment. This strategy is directly instructed by President Prabowo, with the goal of ushering Indonesia into a new era of industrialization, making industry the engine of national economic growth. The head of Indonesia's state-owned enterprise regulatory agency and COO of Danantara stated that they will completely transform the business model of Indonesia's industrial estates, drawing on successful experiences from neighboring countries to make special economic zones and industrial estates more attractive. Previously, Indonesia's estates relied on land sales as
Chinese-invested High-Performance Film Material Enterprise's Indonesia Factory Officially Put into Production
Zhonglun New Materials Co., Ltd., a global leader in high-performance film materials, recently announced that its first overseas production base – the Indonesia Changsu High-Performance Film Material Production Base – has officially commenced production. This project is the first overseas production capacity project in China's high-performance film material industry, marking the strategic upgrade of Zhonglun New Materials from "product going global" and "brand going global" to "production capacity going global", reshaping the competitive landscape of the global functional film material market and building a new growth engine for the company's long-term stable development. The Indonesia Changsu production base is located in the Suryacipta Industrial Park in West Java Province, with a total investment of over 1 billion yuan.
Indonesian Investment Minister Meets Representatives of Chinese Company Tsingshan Group
The Minister of Investment and Downstream Industry, also Head of the Investment Coordinating Board, recently revealed on his personal Instagram account that he had received a delegation from China's Tsingshan Group. He stated that Indonesia and Tsingshan Group have established a long-term cooperation in the nickel-based industry and domestic mineral downstreaming. The meeting was held in early January 2026. He discussed several issues with Tsingshan Group's Chairman of External Affairs and Directors of Indonesia Weda Bay Industrial Park, focusing on investment sustainability, deepening industrial added value, and the development direction of industrial parks, aiming to align relevant projects with Indonesia's long-term development vision.
Weda Bay Industrial Park Accused of Self-Weighing and Verifying Minerals
The Weda Bay Industrial Park (PT IWIP) has been accused of conducting self-weighing and verification of minerals instead of using licensed inspection agencies, allegedly violating mineral trading rules and potentially causing losses in Non-Tax State Revenue (PNBP). The Director of the Center for Energy and Mining Law Studies believes this is a serious issue in mineral trade accountability, as self-operation can easily lead to falsification of quantity and grade data, resulting in state losses that could be substantial and involve criminal corruption. He stated that this violates government regulations and related PNBP laws, calling for the DPR to set up a special committee, government audits, and legal accountability. The DPR's Commission XII also found during a visit to IMIP that IWIP operates its own weighing equipment, with inspectors present but not conducting verification, and that there is a lack of national regulatory oversight in the land-based transaction chain. Commission members reported to the President, noting that IWIP can obtain ore without state records, while the government only has data from inspection agencies, and the Ministry of Energy has not established control measures for overland truck sales.
Deli Indonesia Factory Officially Breaks Ground
Indonesia's stationery and office supplies industry maintains good growth momentum due to strong domestic demand and export potential in Southeast Asia. Modern manufacturing facilities are key to improving production capacity, efficiency, and global competitiveness. Deli, one of the world's largest stationery companies, has officially started construction of a new factory in the Arthar Industrial Park in Karawang, Banten Province. Covering approximately 8.2 hectares with an estimated building area of 12 hectares, the investment totals IDR 2.25 trillion. The facility will be a global-standard base integrating production, warehousing, and logistics, serving as Deli's main manufacturing center in Southeast Asia. The new factory will produce a variety of stationery and office supplies,
Luhut Says China's Contribution Is Huge, Deserving Special Treatment
The airport at the Morowali Industrial Park (IMIP) sparked热议 after the Defense Minister mentioned that "no state institutions are stationed there." Luhut, Chairman of the National Economic Council (DEN), recently disclosed the background of the airport's establishment. Luhut admitted that the IMIP airport was built based on decisions made during meetings he chaired with relevant agencies during his tenure as Coordinating Minister for Maritime and Investment (under former President Jokowi), serving as a convenience facility to attract investors, similar to practices in Vietnam and Thailand. The airport was built integrally with the IMIP industrial park (which hosts Chinese-invested projects) to initially secure investment for nickel downstream processing.
China and Indonesia Reach a Series of Strategic Cooperation Agreements
The Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs recently reported on the achievements of strategic cooperation with China. The two sides signed Memorandums of Understanding involving strategic industrial projects with a total investment of IDR 36.4 trillion. The projects will be located in the previously activated Batang Industrial Zone. The cooperation covers an annual production of one million tons of steel, meat and seafood processing, nickel-iron trade, high-end textile R&D, coal, textile raw materials, tea and jasmine industry cooperation, as well as direct sourcing of agricultural products such as coconut and durian. He stated that the government will maintain economic growth stability by accelerating national spending at the end of 2025, including priority social and infrastructure projects. Currently, ministry and agency