BKPM Responds to China Chamber of Commerce Letter: Investors Rightfully Voice Concerns
The Indonesian Ministry of Investment and Downstreaming/Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) views the letter sent by the China Chamber of Commerce in Indonesia, or Kadin China in Indonesia, to the government as positive input regarding the national investment climate.
Deputy Minister of Investment and Downstreaming/Deputy Head of BKPM, Todotua Pasaribu, stated that the letter contains perspectives and concerns from Chinese investors about several investment challenges that still require government attention.
“We consider it a positive thing that provides input to the government,” Todotua said in Jakarta on Wednesday (13/5/2026).
According to him, conveying views from business actors and investors is a normal matter in international investment relations. The government, Todotua said, instead sees such input as part of efforts to improve the investment climate in Indonesia.
“It’s just a normal thing. They even see the conditions with notes that become challenges in this country and provide input to the government,” he said.
Todotua emphasised that BKPM has the task of maintaining and creating a competitive investment climate so that Indonesia remains one of the main global investment destinations.
He mentioned that Indonesia has several strategic advantages, ranging from abundant natural resources, a large population that becomes a domestic market strength, to a geographical position deemed highly potential for industrial development.
“This country with various types of natural resource potentials, then the demand market is one of the largest with a large population, and also a strategic region. We hope that Indonesia indeed becomes a destination for investment growth,” he said.
The government is currently also continuing to promote the downstreaming programme, which is part of the Astacita agenda of President Prabowo Subianto’s administration.
The downstreaming programme is aimed at increasing the added value of national commodities through domestic processing, both in the mining, energy, agriculture, and manufacturing industry sectors.
Todotua said the government wants the economic benefits from Indonesia’s natural resources to be felt directly domestically through job creation and increased economic growth.
“The hope is that various commodities in our country, whether coal, oil and gas, agriculture, industry, can be processed here, so that the benefits can be realised and also create jobs, increase economic growth,” he said.
BKPM also assures that the government will continue to open channels of communication and dialogue with investors from China or other countries to maintain investment confidence in Indonesia.