AHMEDABAD: Delegations from the United States, Japan, China, Singapore, South Korea, Israel, Italy and other countries are expected to attend a global investors' summit being organised here as part of the "Vibrant Gujarat celebrations" on the occasion of the "Uttarayan" (kite flying) festival.

Chief Minister Narendra Modi said the 2003 and 2005 summits evoked good investor response and next week's event was expected to surpass the previous performance. For, Gujarat emerged as one of the best investment destinations with its skilled labour, long coastline and 33 Special Economic Zones (SEZs) creating new investment opportunities and strong infrastructure support.

According to a Central Government report, the mandays lost in Gujarat were just about 0.52 per cent, the lowest among all States, he pointed out.

New investment opportunities were identified in the sectors of SEZs, ports, petrochemicals, automobiles, biotechnology, information technology, energy, gems and jewellery, textiles, medical tourism, urban infrastructure and human resource development.

Jewellery exhibition

The two-day summit, to be held at the Gujarat Science City here from January 12, would be preceded by a gems and jewellery exhibition and a multimedia presentation on "Eternal Gandhi" on January 10. There would also be an exhibition on the theme "Gujarat Discovered."

Foreigners to fly kites

Over 70 foreign experts attending the festival would fly kites from the rooftops of traditional houses in the old city areas, where they would be received as guests.

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