Jakarta, (Antara) - Thirteen Chinese companies have expressed a serious interest to invest in Indonesia, chief of Indonesia's Capital Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM), Franky Sibarani said.

The companies operate in renewable energy power, furniture, chemical industry, construction consultancy, construction service, elevator, traditional medicine, textile, fertilizer, garment, sewing machine and wood processing industries, he said in a press release received here on Sunday.

"The scale of investment is mostly middle with investment at below US$50 million  although there is also a bigger one such as the one in the power sector, which is from a subsidiary of the biggest power company in China," Franky Sibarani who has been in China since Thursday for a working visit said.

The interest to invest was conveyed during a meeting with five investors in Huzhou following Zhejiang Indonesia Investment Conference business forum.

At the forum Franky explained about the ease of doing business in Indonesia before 150 guests representing 100 companies in China.

The participants came from Huzhou and around Zheijiang which is known as the silk textile industrial center.

Franky said with regard to furniture the  Chinese investors that have entereed are still looking for the right location in connection with minimum regional wage issue and incentives for labor-intensive industries.

"They are targeting office furniture," he said.(*)

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