Investing Malaysia aims to serve as a one-stop reference app that includes key information such as investment policy and direction, key facilitating agency and relevant information for both foreign and local investors, entrepreneurs as well as the relevant stakeholders who seek to expand their business to Malaysia, southeast Asia and beyond.

Today, Malaysia is one of the most vibrant economy and a thriving market in the Asia Pacific. Strategically located in the heart of ASEAN – a huge and fast-growing market that consists of 600 million populations. Supported by world class infrastructure and talented workforce, Malaysia is definitely a prominent destination for global investors to keep investing in. It was once an Asian Tiger along with Taiwan and Singapore. After decades of stable economy and GDP growth, transforming from agriculture country to a manufacturing nation, Malaysia is now eyeing to make a quantum leap to break into the high-income nation category. The government is committed to enhancing the business environment of the country to ensure the inflow of high quality foreign investments that align with the nation economy development agenda and hence bring spill-over economic benefits to the people. In the trade front, Malaysia remains an open trading nation that promote free trade. Malaysia currently has 7 bilateral FTA and 6 regional FTA. These favourable factors make Investing Malaysia a sound decision, amidst the challenging yet exciting global development in politics and economy.

Investing Malaysia encompasses important information for investors. First of all, it introduces on the geographical info of the country as well as the 6 economic corridors, each caters for its targeted industrial cluster developments in the regions under their respective purviews. Besides investing in the capital city, entrepreneurs can explore establishing their production plants or firms in the regional economic corridor. Some economic corridors offer competitive incentive and tax rebate to attract the investors. While Penang, Johor, Selangor, Kuala Lumpur have been the favourite among the investors, other states such as Pahang, Kedah, Sarawak and Sabah are also increasing appealing to regional and global businesses in recent years.

Realising the fact that there are several ministry, agency, authority exist at various level in Malaysia, Investing Malaysia consolidates and simplify the information to guide the prospect party to first channeling them to Ministry of International Trade and Industry Malaysia (MITI), Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA) and InvestKL. Offices of these organisations will then provide the necessary information such as grant and license application as well as investment advice for businesses which are keen to investing in Malaysia. There are about 29 global MITI and MIDA offices to facilitate the foreign investors. Directory, website and map are provided to bring great convenience to the entrepreneurs.

Investing Malaysia also proudly displays Malaysia’s global rankings in major reports by international firms or organisations such as World Bank and WEF. This should give confidence to investors towards today development as well as future growth of Malaysia. Currently the government, as announced through budget 2019, budget 2020 as well other policy instruments, is encouraging businesses to focus investing in targeted sectors related to industrial revolution, IR 4.0, high tech sector which would eventually strengthen our human resources of the country. This spells many opportunity for companies that would ride on the trend and a chance for them to gain and bring profit to Malaysia.

Being a user friendly app, a feature of hotels booking is integrated for executives or CEO who travel to Malaysia to scout the investing climate and potential. This would provide hassle free experience to the bosses.