On May 20, 2015 Mr. Giorgi Kvirikashvili, Then Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia (Currently, Prime Minister of Georgia) and Director of GEORGIAN HUASHUN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT GROUP LTD, Xiaojin Shao signed an Agreement on Counter Obligations Concerning Launching Hualing Kutaisi Free Industrial Zone. The free zone has officially started functioning on October 2015.