Fuzhou Hong Dong eyes expansion in Indonesia, Oman

The owner of a Chinese distant-water fishing company with operations in Mauritania has said he plans have his company expand into Indonesia and Oman.

During a press conference called to coincide with the recent congress of the Communist Party of China, Fuzhou Hong Dong Fishery Chairman Lan Pingyong told reporters he was following the lead set by the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a foreign policy and developmental blueprint announced by Xi Jinping when he first took power in 2012.

Lan, who’s also a Communist Party member and deputy to the National People’s Congress, said hehis company’s fleet size had quadrupled to ... 

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