Batang Regency Launches 'Batang Investa' Platform for Investment Licensing Ease

“We want to provide service and certainty to investors regarding licensing processes.”

Batang, Central Java (ANTARA) — The Batang Regency Government in Central Java has launched a licensing service platform, “Batang Investa”, to provide ease and certainty for investors.

Batang Regent Faiz Kurniawan, speaking in Batang on Wednesday, said this achievement was made possible by the regional government’s efforts to provide convenience and certainty for investors through the digitalisation of licensing services on the Batang Investa platform.

“We want to provide services and certainty to investors regarding licensing processes and investment convenience in this region, so that services become more open, more transparent and accountable, and also come with an SLA (Service Level Agreement) and certainty for investors,” he said.

He said that to support the investment climate, the regional government had issued a Regional Regulation (Perda) on Investment Incentives and Facilitation.

Through this regulation, he said, the government provides various facilities ranging from reductions in regional taxes, levy relief, to infrastructure assistance.

“We have an investment regional regulation. We simplify licensing, and it can be checked anywhere that Batang is one of the regions offering investment convenience, both in terms of licensing processes and other services such as ease of finding workers and the incentives provided,” he said.

According to him, one frequent complaint involves investors who have already purchased land only to find it does not comply with the spatial plan.

To anticipate this, he said, the regional government through the Batang Investa platform provides open information on locations of potential investment land.

“Essentially, with Batang Investa, we hope everything is open. Where our investment land and areas are located, and what their potential is,” he said.

Regarding the dominance of capital-intensive industries, Faiz said not all investment in the region is capital-intensive.

Several companies, he said, such as Yihua Footwear and PIP, mostly absorb a large workforce and are labour-intensive.

“We do need specific themes, particularly in Batang Regency, because without them the industrial mix would become a hodgepodge,” he said.

He added that recorded investment realisation in Batang Regency in the first half of 2026 reached around Rp7 trillion.