23rd CII Partnership Summit and second Sunrise Andhra Pradesh Investment Meet was held in Visakhapatnam on January, 27-28, 2017.  The theme for the Summit was centered on “Partnerships for sustained growth in an emerging global economic order”.  The Summit witnessed participation of over 2500 delegates from across 50 countries including trade ministers and delegates from 12 countries, eight Union Ministers and many leading Industrialists of India.

The business transacted in the Summit inter-alia included:-

(i)   Three Sectorial Round table sessions with Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh on Aerospace &Defence, Electronics and Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology.

(ii)  Bilateral meetings of  Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh with trade delegations from 12 countries including Ukraine, Tunisia, Switzerland, France, Singapore, Australia, Nepal, Zimbabwe, UAE, Russia, Thailand and Bahrain.

(iii)  Bilateral meetings with 35 industry leaders, both global and domestic.

This information was given by the Commerce and Industry Minister Smt. NirmalaSitharaman in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.

Investment promotion through international partnerships: summit advanced sectoral engagement and bilateral meetings to facilitate cross-border investment. A state-led investment promotion summit combined sectoral roundtables in Aerospace & Defence, Electronics, and Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology with bilateral meetings between the Chief Minister and foreign trade delegations and industry leaders, using targeted sectoral deliberations and government-to-investor dialogues as mechanisms to facilitate investment and partnership development.