The Governments of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, People’s Republic of China, Republic of India, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Republic of Korea and Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Participating States of the Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA); affirming the importance of sustaining economic growth and development in all Participating States through joint efforts in liberalizing trade and promoting intra-APTA trade and investment flows; recognizing that investment is an important source of knowledge and finance for sustaining the pace of economic, industrial, infrastructure and technology development; further recognizing the need to take action to attract higher and sustainable levels of investment in Participating States; …