Naidu To Court Global Investors At CII Partnership Summit
CM to meet foreign delegates, industry captains and Union ministers ahead of two-day event
Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu would hold a series of meetings with foreign government representatives, diplomats, global industry leaders and Union ministers to attract investments to Andhra Pradesh at the 31st CII Partnership Summit–2026 here on November 12 and 13.
Naidu would land here a day ahead of the two-day summit after meeting Singapore minister Gan Siow Huang in Amaravati on Wednesday.
He would subsequently meet World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) director-general Darren Tang, Japanese ambassador Keiichi Ono, UAE minister Abdullah bin Touq Al Marri and ReNew CEO Sumant Sinha. He would also attend a meeting with CII CEOs and a welcome dinner for international delegates and industrialists on Wednesday evening.
Jointly organised by the state government and the Confederation of Indian Industry, the summit aims to position Andhra Pradesh as a major investment and industrial development destination. Representatives from Singapore, the UAE, Guatemala and Slovakia would meet the chief minister. Naidu would also hold discussions with the ambassadors of Japan and Russia.
Union home minister Amit Shah would inaugurate the summit at the Andhra University campus between 10.30am and 12.30pm on November 12. Union and state ministers would participate in various sessions.
Naidu will highlight investment opportunities, infrastructure facilities, industrial policies and prospects in manufacturing and technology. Representatives of Kia Motors, ReNew, Mondelez India, Saint-Gobain, NALCO and Levista are among the prominent industry participants. The summit would cover automobiles, renewable energy, food processing, construction materials, infrastructure, manufacturing and technology.
Space technology startups would be another major attraction. Naidu would meet representatives of Indian private Space companies, including Hathor Rockets, Agnikul, Bellatrix Aerospace and Skyroot, to explore investment opportunities in Space technology, research and manufacturing.
He would also meet the chairman of the Institute for International Strategy of a Japanese research institute.
A special Women and Growth Summit–2026 would be organised at Novotel, Visakhapatnam, focusing on women's economic empowerment, their participation in industry and support for women entrepreneurs. Naidu would attend its inaugural session.
The CM would also meet Union ministers Nitin Gadkari, Piyush Goyal, Chirag Paswan, Pralhad Joshi and Sarbananda Sonowal to discuss industrial development, central assistance, concessions for various sections and the impact of international developments on the state's economy.
The summit comes after five regional investment conferences attracted commitments worth around `86,000 crore across mutiple sectors.