'CITY CAN BE A LAUNCHPAD FOR CHINA'

Amazing' interest from businesses

- By LIAM THORP

MAJOR interest from China and major Chinese companies is set to breathe life into a transformational regeneration project at a crucial gateway into Liverpool city centre, the ECHO can today reveal.

High-powered delegations have met over the New Chinatown project in recent weeks, and hopes are high that several high-profile Chinese companies could use the city as a “launchpad” to break into the UK market.

Liverpool council’s cabinet member for growth and economy, Cllr Nick Small, was recently in China and told the ECHO that he was “amazed” by the interest in Liverpool, in the city’s historic Chinatown and in the opportunities associated with the major development plan in the area.