China-owned company Xihe Textile Technology Bangladesh plans to invest $12.89 million to set up a garments manufacturing factory in Mongla EPZ. As per a Business Standard report, the project will be developed by Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) in collaboration with Xihe Textile Technology Bangladesh. The factory will provide employment to 2,892 Bangladeshi nationals. This fully foreign-owned company will produce 5 million pieces of woven garments and 2.3 million pieces of knit garments annually.

The company has another RMG factory s Garments Manufacture JINLITE Bangladesh in Mongla EPZ. Mongla Export Processing Zone or Mongla EPZ is one of the eight export processing zones under the Bangladesh Export Processing Zone Authority. It is located in Mongla and is adjacent to the Port of Mongla. The zone received investment from 29 companies till 2015, of which 16 have gone into production and rest are under construction.