Sharjah’s foreign direct investment promotion looks east this year as Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq) takes its trade promotion campaign to investors in China. Shurooq is promoting Sharjah emirate in Dalian and Xiamen during September and organised an investment roadshow in Beijing. Shurooq’s visit to China forms part of an official UAE delegation to China, organised by the UAE ...

Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq), today announced it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the China Overseas Development Association (CODA), a non-profit organization that supports the development of Chinese enterprises overseas. Signed by HE Marwan bin Jassim Al Sarkal, Chief Executive Officer of Shurooq, and Hu Weiping, Secretary General of CODA, the MoU aims to facilitate and ...

The latest report from Sharjah Economic Development Department (SEDD) shows strong growth in Sharjah’s business sectors with a 13.6 percent increase in new trade licences issued by the department during the first half of this year. SEDD issued 3,183 new licences during the first half of 2015, compared to 2,802 in the same period last year. Overall 33,192 licenses issued ...