{"id":277709,"date":"2019-06-01T02:22:38","date_gmt":"2019-06-01T06:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.google.com\/articles\/CBMiUmh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnRoZXJlcG9ydGVyZXRoaW9waWEuY29tL2FydGljbGUvaHVhamlhbi10YWtlcy1vdmVyLWppbW1hLWluZHVzdHJ5LXBhcmvSAQA?oc=5"},"modified":"2026-09-25T11:17:55","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T15:17:55","slug":"chinese-shoemaker-huajian-took-over-management-of-jimma-industry-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/277709","title":{"rendered":"Chinese shoemaker Huajian took over management of Jimma Industry Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In June 2019 The Reporter Ethiopia wrote that Chinese shoemaker Huajian Group had taken over management and operations at the roughly $61 million Jimma Industry Park.<\/p>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"780\" width=\"780\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-423532\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Textile-and-garment-workers-in-Hawassa-industrial-Park.jpg?fit=780%2C780&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Chinese shoemaker Huajian took over management of Jimma Industry Park\" \/>\n<p>Huajian was already known for leather and footwear manufacturing in Ethiopia, so handing it park management signaled Addis Ababa\u2019s bet that experienced Chinese operators could fill empty sheds and recruit tenants faster than a state-run model.<\/p>\n<p>Kept as industry and FDI archive, the Jimma handover dates one concrete step in Ethiopia\u2019s industrial-park strategy under Abiy Ahmed\u2019s early reform years.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thereporterethiopia.com\/article\/huajian-takes-over-jimma-industry-park\">The Reporter Ethiopia<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Huajian takes over Jimma Industry Park&nbsp;&nbsp;The Reporter EthiopiaThe Chinese shoemaker Huajian Group has taken over the management and operational activities of the USD 61 million Jimma Industry Park. During the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":423532,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-277709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ethiopian-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Textile-and-garment-workers-in-Hawassa-industrial-Park.jpg?fit=500%2C333&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-1afb","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277709"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":754986,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277709\/revisions\/754986"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}