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Indonesia has initiated a UN resolution or decision on the creative economy at the UN General Assembly Session. A release received by the RRI, Saturday (11/16/2019)stated that the resolution was reached through a consensus on November 14, 2019, in New York. The resolution entitled "International Year of Creative Economy for Sustainable Development, 2021” emphasizes the crucial role of the creative economy sector in promoting sustainable development. Ambassador Dian Triansyah Djani, Indonesia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York, stressed: "Indonesia has taken various steps to mainstream the creative economy at the UN given its contribution to sustainable development in many countries". For the first time, Indonesia initiated a decision at the UN, in the form of a creative economic resolution, which had never been done before by other countries. The European Union and a large number of delegates expressed high appreciation for Indonesia's initiative. (rri.co.id/trans by PUTRI)

Chinese investment in Indonesia touched US$2.3 billion in the first half of 2019, constituting 16.2 percent of the total foreign investment in Indonesia, consul of the Chinese Consulate General in Denpasar, Bali, Gou Haodong stated.

"Since (early) this year, the China-Indonesia cooperation has yielded significant results in the field of investment," Haodong stated in Kupang, the capital of East Nusa Tenggara Province, on Saturday.

He made the remarks during the opening of the 4th investment forum of the provinces of East Nusa Tenggara, West Nusa Tenggara, and Bali that are the working territory of the Chinese Consulate General in Denpasar.

Through its investment, China stood third among foreign investors in Indonesia.

"This year, President Joko Widodo was re-elected. It can be said that China-Indonesia relations are at the best historical juncture," he affirmed.

Haodong pointed to the steadily improving bilateral relations between China and Indonesia in the past few years.

"The mutually beneficial cooperation continues to deepen. The two countries continued to boost synergy in (the realization of) China's Maritime Silk Road in the 21st century, and the concept of Indonesia's world maritime axis," he stated.

These relations have boosted bilateral investment and expanded comprehensive cooperation in the fields of agriculture, trade, e-commerce, finance, and energy, among others.

The investment forum was attended by 20 Chinese investors and tens of Indonesian entrepreneurs from the three provinces. (ANTARA)

The Bali provincial government has on Saturday offered its region's hotel investment projects to some 19 Chinese businessmen attending the Sunda Kecil Expo 2019 Forum held in Kupang, capital of East Nusa Tenggara Province.

"At this forum, the Bali government is willing to offer regional hotel investment projects for development across our regions of West Bali, North and East," Head of Promotion at the Bali Investment Agency I Ketut Sudibya remarked in his statement.

However, Bali is yet prioritizing tourism development since tourist arrivals to Bali in 2018 had reached some 16 million, with six million foreign tourists, while the 10 million were from domestic areas, Sudibya pointed out.

He noted that Bali was currently working on six potential tourism sectors of ecotourism, silent tourism, agritourism, sports tourism, spiritual tourism, and retirement tourism.

To this end, the north region, for instance, is pursuing to build a hotel in Pejarakan, Buleleng District, on 250 hectares of land area, while in Sumberkima and Celukan Bawang, 70 hectares and 20 hectares respectively of land had been provided.

Sudibya noted that the other regions comprised the districts of Jembrana, Karangasem, Klungkung, as well as Bangli and Tabanan. (ANTARA)

Bank Indonesia –BI believes the Islamic economy and finance will be a solution to increase the level of financial inclusion in Indonesia, which is still stagnant, as well as a tool to address the impact of slowing global economic growth. During the opening of the 2019 Indonesia Sharia Economic Festival (ISEF) in Jakarta, Wednesday (11/13), Governor of BI, Perry Warjiyo said that Islamic economic and financial activities which involve a lot of Micro and Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) would reach all levels of society groups in various regions that do not yet have access to financial products and services. Islamic economic and financial activities that empower the MSMEs will increase productivity, so that the domestic economy will be able to deal with the global economic slowdown. This increase in MSME productivity will trigger a more inclusive income distribution. In addition, financing with sharia principles will be more environmentally friendly and sustainable. (Ant-Sg/Ahm)