VISAKHAPATNAM: Representatives from 58 countries, including 16 foreign ministers and 40 other international delegates, will attend the 31st CII Partnership Summit in Visakhapatnam on November 12 and 13, the Andhra Pradesh government said on Monday. The main sessions will be held at the Andhra University Engineering College grounds.
The state's numbers
- Six preparatory regional meets produced 194 MoUs with proposed investment of ₹86,522 crore.
- These are expected to create about 1.4 lakh jobs.
- 272 projects worth ₹6 lakh crore have started operations, and projects worth another ₹17 lakh crore have been approved.
- The government says the state received 25.6% of India's FDI in 2025-26.
Who is coming
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and Union Minister Pralhad Joshi will attend. Goyal chairs the summit and Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu is co-chair. Vice-President C.P. Radhakrishnan will address the valedictory session on November 13. The theme is "Navigating New World Order: Trade, Technology, Trust", with sessions on quantum technology, semiconductors, clean energy and food security, and more than 400 business-to-business meetings.
Preliminary industry meetings will be held on November 11. A committee of ministers and officials led by Minister Nara Lokesh will track whether the commitments turn into projects, the government said.
