Strategi Pemerintah Daerah Morowali dalam Menarik Investasi Asing (Studi Kasus: Investasi Asing Tiongkok) = MOROWALI REGIONAL GOVERNMENT STRATEGY IN ATTRACTING FOREIGN INVESTMENT (CASE STUDY: CHINESE FOREIGN INVESTMENT)

Siti Atyfah Putri Baramuli, “Morowali Regional Government Strategy in Attracting Foreign Investment (Case Study: Chinese Foreign Investment)” under the guidance of Pusparida Syahdan as a supervisor I and Nurjannah Abdullah as a supervisor II, Department of International Relations, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University Hasanuddin.

This study aims to determine the strategy of the Morowali Regional Government in attracting foreign investment, especially from China, and to determine the impact of foreign investment on the Regional Government in Morowali Regency. To achieve the objectives of this study, a descriptive qualitative research method was used by using primary and secondary data obtained through interviews with the Regional Government and Literature Studies.

The results of this study are the strategies the Morowali Regional Government carried out to attract foreign investment, especially from China, consisting of: 1. Preparing local human resources for managing foreign investment, 2. They are issuing regional regulations that facilitate the process of foreign investment, and 3. Communicating with investors regularly. The impact of foreign investment on Morowali Regency consists of two things, namely, positive and negative effects. These positive impacts include the growth rate of Morowali Regency's Gross Domestic Product (GRDP), which increased significantly in the 2017-2021 period above 14%, increased Morowali Regency's Original Revenue in the 2017-2021 period, and increased the Human Development Index in Morowali Regency in the 2017-2021 period. At the same time, the negative impacts include economic growth that is not accompanied by a decrease in poverty rates in the Morowali Regency, an increase in crime rates, and an increase in the price of necessities in the Morowali Regency.

Keywords : Morowali, Foreign Investment, Nickle.