Recent Events
MINISTER CHONG OPENS BEIJING AND GUANGZHOU TRADE AND INVESTMENT OFFICES
Honourable Ida Chong, Minister of Small Business, Technology and Economic Development and Minister responsible for the Asia-Pacific Initiative, launched British Columbia’s new trade and investment offices in Beijing and Guangzhou during her recent visit to China (February 7-8, 2009). British Columbia now has three trade and investment offices in China, including our existing office in Shanghai. B.C.’s Alumni Ambassadors are invited to visit B.C.’s offices and explore opportunities for partnerships.
SNAPSHOTS IN BEIJING:
(Left to right): Zhang Yingxin, Deputy Director General of the
China Investment Promotion Agency; Minister Ida Chong; Jin Xu,
Director General of the Department of American and Oceanian
Affairs; Robert Wright, Canadian Ambassador to China; and Kevin
Tsui, British Columbia’s Beijing trade and investment
representative.
(Left to right): Mei Ping, chairman of the China National
Committee for Pacific Economic Co-operation and former
ambassador to Canada; Robert Wright, Canadian Ambassador to
China;; Jin Xu, Director General of the Department of American
and Oceanian Affairs; Minister Ida Chong and Kevin Tsui, British
Columbia’s Beijing trade and investment representative.
Minister Ida Chong and Kevin Tsui, British Columbia’s Beijing
trade and investment representative.
SNAPSHOTS IN GUANGZHOU:
(From left): Cathy Yao, British Columbia’s Guangzhou trade
and investment representative; Chen Wenjie, President of the
China Council for the Promotion of International Trade,
Guangdong Sub-council; Minister Ida Chong; Liang Guixuan, Deputy
Director General of the Guangdong Provincial Department of
Foreign Trade and Economic Co-operation; and David Bostwick,
acting Canadian Consul General in Guangzhou.
(From left): Cathy Yao, British Columbia’s Guangzhou trade and
investment representative; Chen Wenjie, President of the China
Council for the Promotion of International Trade, Guangdong
Sub-council; Minister Ida Chong; Liang Guixuan, Deputy Director
General of the Guangdong Provincial Department of Foreign Trade
and Economic Co-operation; and David Bostwick, acting Canadian
Consul General in Guangzhou.
(From left): Cathy Yao, British Columbia’s Guangzhou trade and
investment representative; Minister Ida Chong; Liang Guixuan,
Deputy Director General of the Guangdong Provincial Department
of Foreign Trade and Economic Co-operation; and David Bostwick,
acting Canadian Consul General in Guangzhou.
(From left): Cathy Yao, British Columbia’s Guangzhou trade and
investment representative; Minister Ida Chong; and Chen Wenjie,
President of the China Council for the Promotion of
International Trade, Guangdong Sub-council.
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The BC Alumni Ambassadors network provides an opportunity for those who have lived, studied or worked in British Columbia to maintain connections with the Province and network with other BC alumni. The network works with BC post-secondary institutions to strengthen alumni connections and build BC’s profile in the Asia Pacific region.
