Bangalore: The Mayor of an economic hub in
China today described Chengdu as an excellent gateway for
Indian companies with its huge talent base, low operating cost
and government support.
Chengdu mayor Ge Honglin, heading a 50-member delegation,
including experts, government decision makers and CEO's of
multinational IT firms, told reporters they would meet senior
management executives of Indian IT and outsourcing companies
to explore business opportunities in the sub-provisional city.
"We have already visited Wipro and will be visiting
Infosys", he said.
Honglin, who inaugurated Air China's direct
Chengdu-Bangalore flight on his arrival here last night, said
he foresees more business, cultural and educational exchange
programmes between the two cities (Bangalore-Chengdu) with the
start of the service service.
Language would not pose a problem "as everything is done
in English," he said.
On issuing of visas, he said that too would not be
difficult and pointed out that Wipro was already into business
in the city. "A Chengdu-based firm 'Maipu' has a presence in
Bangalore," the Mayor added.
Honglin said Chengdu is a centre of science, commerce and
finance and also a transportation and communication hub in
southwest China.
In 2008, 130 of Fortune-500 enterprises set up businesses
in Chengdu, making it most favoured destination in Central and
Western China for these firms, he said.
PTI
First Published: Sunday, February 28, 2010, 21:26