“It can be a window for the exchange of information on Sino-Indonesian commerce and trade and be a new bridge for the two countries’ economic and trade cooperation,” CCPIT secretary general Jack Yao said on Tuesday in Central Jakarta.

The office will mainly focus on assisting Chinese trade and economic delegations to Indonesia, and provide consultancy services to Chinese and Indonesian companies willing to invest both in China and Indonesia, Yao said.

CCPIT has 18 representative offices across the globe including in Canada, the UK, France, Germany and Singapore, he said.

Under China’s 13th five-year plan and the Indonesian development plan for 2015-2019, he said, China and Indonesia had many opportunities for bilateral trade cooperation and would further strengthen its economic ties.

China is the second-largest trade partner for Indonesia after the US.

The main products exported by China to Indonesia are electro mechanical goods, minerals and iron while Indonesia exports palm oil, rubber and rubber goods.

Central Statistics Agency data shows Indonesia’s non-oil exports to China reached US$1 billion in April 2016, while imports reached $2.5 billion.