Tomorrow, President Prabowo Is Scheduled To Inaugurate SEZ Industropolis Batang Jateng
JAKARTA - President Prabowo Subianto is scheduled to inaugurate the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) of Industropolis Batang, Central Java, tomorrow Thursday, October 20.
"On Thursday, March 20, 2025, the President of the Republic of Indonesia Prabowo Subianto will make a working visit to Central Java Province, one of the agendas is the inauguration of the Industropolis Batang Special Economic Zone (SEZ)," said Deputy for Protocol, Press and Media of the Presidential Secretariat Yusuf Permana to reporters in Jakarta, Wednesday, March 19, quoted by Antara.
Yusuf then explained that the Industropolis Batang SEZ was a transformation of the Batang Integrated Industrial Zone (KITB) which aims to encourage increased investment in Central Java.
He said that the Government is targeting the investment value in the Industropolis Batang SEZ in the next 5 years of IDR 75.8 trillion, while the target for the number of workers is 58,145 people.
"The business activities carried out are in the fields of manufacturing, logistics, and distribution," said Yusuf Permana.
The President's plan to inaugurate the SEZ of Industropolis Batang was first revealed by the Coordinating Minister for the Economy Airlangga Hartarto when he attended a meeting with President Prabowo at the Indonesian Presidential Palace complex, Jakarta, Tuesday, March 18.
"Earlier, the President stated that related to the Special Economic Zone in Batang, he would go to the field on Thursday, and the plan was also to cooperate with twin cities, twin parks. So, the cooperation between Indonesia and Fujian to encourage industrial investment in Special Economic Zones in Batang, and it is planned that they will invest around Rp. 16 trillion," said Coordinating Minister Airlangga.
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Airlangga said the cooperation was a follow-up to the agreement between President Prabowo and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing last year.
On a separate occasion, Central Java Governor Ahmad Lutfi is optimistic that changing the name of the Batang Integrated Industrial Zone (KIT) to the Industropolis Batang Special Economic Zone can optimize Batang as an industrial area.
"The existence of KIT Batang to become a SEZ will really help, especially in order to build our territory," said Luthfi as quoted from the official website of the Central Java Provincial Government, Monday, March 17.