The delegation from Samarkand region, including the district and city hokims, is currently in China where they are meeting with leaders and businesspeople and signing cooperation agreements. In Urumqi, Jambay district’s Hokim K. Sobirov met with representatives from the Zhongcheng Duolu group of construction companies to discuss implementing a reconstruction concept based on Urumqi’s experience. The company expressed their interest in collaborating. In Shanghai, Pastdargom district’s Hokim Sh. Rakhmonov met with the leadership of Baoke Co. Ltd., a manufacturer of electrical products and household appliances, to discuss the possibility of establishing a similar enterprise in their district. In Hangzhou, Bulungur district’s Hokim S. Astonov presented the district’s economic and investment potential at a business forum and reached preliminary agreements with Chinese entrepreneurs for the construction of micro-electric power plants and production of building materials in Bulungur district. This information was reported by G.Khasanov from UzA.