Jakarta, Oct. 13 -- Transmigration Minister Iftitah Sulaiman Suryanagara has offered research collaboration with Peking University in China to develop new economic growth centers beyond Java Island.

He stressed that Indonesia needs to build more production hubs and economic activity centers in various regions so that jobs, investment, and opportunities to improve welfare are not concentrated on Java Island.

"The next phase of transmigration must help drive industrialization beyond Java," Suryanagara said in a statement issued here on Tuesday.

He said this concerns where Indonesia builds production capacity, where good jobs are created, and whether people across the archipelago can share part in the nation's growth.

Suryanagara invited...