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Shanghai

Quick Facts:

  • China’s industrial, financial, and business center

  • Per capita income of $10,500

  • Access to largest sea ports, skilled labor, developed infrastructure

  • Main entry point & sales market for foreign companies

 

Activities (proposed):

  • Mission overview by Maryland Center China

  • World Expo 2010 Shanghai

  • Business/match-making meetings

  • Group meeting: environmental technologies & clean energy

  • Site visits – Maryland-based and Chinese companies

  • Maryland Reception

 

For more information, please visit:

Shanghai Municipal Government: http://www.shanghai.gov.cn/shanghai/node23919/index.html

Shanghai Daily (English-language newspaper): http://www.shanghaidaily.com/

Expo 2010 Shanghai China: http://en.expo2010.cn/

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Beijing

Quick Facts:

  • China’s political and cultural center – capital city for five dynasties; a history dating back more than 3,000 years

  • Increasingly recognized for entrepreneurs and innovative start-ups

  • Top sectors: environmental technologies, tourism, electronics, chemicals, automotive, machinery, metallurgy, household appliances

 

Activities (proposed):

  • Briefing by U.S. Commercial Service and/or American Chamber of Commerce

  • Meeting with Chinese economic development officials

  • Business/match-making meetings

  • Academic meeting(s) – Beijing University, Qinghua University

  • Sightseeing/downtime – Forbidden City/Tiananmen Square, Great Wall, Olympic Park

 

For more information, please visit:

Beijing Municipal Government: http://www.ebeijing.gov.cn/

Hong Kong Trade Development Council 2008 Market Profile on Beijing: http://info.hktdc.com/mktprof/china/mpbei.htm

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Hefei, Anhui Province

Anhui Province Quick Facts:

  • 30-year anniversary of Maryland-Anhui sister state relationship

  • Within 310.7 miles of Shanghai and Beijing

  • Encompasses Chaohu, one of China’s 5 largest freshwater lakes, and includes major stretches of the Yangtze and Huai Rivers

  • 130 billion UDS GDP

  • Population of 67.41 million

  • Yangtze River ports at Ma’anshan, Wuhu, Tongling, Chizhou, and Anqing; International flight capabilities at Hefei and Huangshan Airports

  • Science and Technology: More than 190 scientific research institutions and 80,000 scientists and engineers

  • Agriculture: Arable land of 1,400 thousand acres, with production centered around rice, wheat, peas, maize, and sorghum and main cash crops of cotton, canola, tea, jute

  • Mineral resources: Coal, iron, sulfur, lead, zinc, phosphorous

  • Manufacturing: automobiles (hosts Chery Automobiles), heavy machinery (forklifts, excavators, high-speed hydraulic processes), construction materials, electronics (TVs, mini-computers, radio detector equipment)

  • Tourism: 10 national-level scenic attractions, including Huangshan (Yellow Mountains), Jiuhua Mountain, and Tianzhu Mountain

  • Top foreign investors: Walmart, Hitachi, Siemens, Microsoft, Unilever

  • Top sectors: automobiles, household appliances, iron & steel, coal electricity, textiles

 

Activities (proposed):

  • Meeting with Anhui Governor and government officials in different departments

  • Maryland-Anhui 30th Anniversary Celebration Banquet and Reception

  • Business/match-making meetings

  • Visiting high-tech park and enterprises

  • Visiting universities in Hefei

 

For more information, please visit:

Hefei City Government: http://220.178.124.16/english/index.jsp

Anhui Provincial Government: http://apps.ah.gov.cn/

Anhui Today (English-language newspaper): http://english.anhuinews.com/

Hong Kong Trade Development Council 2008 Market Profile on Anhui: http://info.hktdc.com/mktprof/china/anhui.htm

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Xiamen, Fujian Province

Quick Facts:

  • 25-year anniversary of Baltimore-Xiamen sister city relationship

  • On the SE coast of China, 100 miles NW of Taiwan’s Quemoy and Matsu Islands, 650 miles SE of Shanghai, 400 miles NE of Hong Kong

  • One of China’s four original Special Economic Zones

  • Key city in the Haixi Economic Zone since 2006

  • 2.5 million population, 604 square miles

  • GDP of US $23 billion, US $9,000 per capita (2008)

  • #5 city in China in buying power (2008)

  • 8th largest seaport in China; major air hub and base of Xiamen Airlines

  • Home to the National Center for Urban Environment

  • Home to the China International Fair for Investment & Trade (CIFIT) – the largest event of its type in China

  • Top Xiamen to US exports in 2009: Flat screen TVs, clothes & accessories, faucets, valves & accessories, energy-saving light bulbs, exercise equipment, bags & luggage cases, shoes & hats, stone & masonry products, LCD screens, computers & accessories, wood & metal furniture, sunglasses, canned mushrooms, porcelain & resin handicrafts

  • Top US to Xiamen exports in 2009: Airplanes & accessories, film & fax paper, soybeans, polyethylene, wood pulp, potatoes, rough timber, car & engine parts, wheat, cowhide, corrugated paper, sweet corn

  • Top US investors: Pepsi, Coca Cola, Dell, GE, Kodak, Boeing, Walmart

  • Top sectors: electronics, machinery, chemicals, light & medium industry, finance, tourism, marina & boating, general trading

 

Xiamen Activities (proposed):

  • VIP registration and trade booth at China International Fair for Investment & Trade (CIFIT)

  • One-on-one match-making meetings organized by 3 Xiamen trade associations with over 5,000 company members in most business sectors

  • Specialized match-making meetings for companies in the environmental, clean energy and marina & boating industries

  • Meetings with high-level business and industry government officials

 

For more information, please visit:

Xiamen Municipal Government: http://english.xm.gov.cn/

America in Xiamen (U.S. State Department-managed website): http://xiamen.usvpp.gov/

What’s On Xiamen (Xiamen and Fujian portal site): http://www.whatsonxiamen.com

Common Talk Weekly (bilingual newspaper): http://www.common-talk.com/cms/

CIFIT: http://www.chinafair.org.cn/china/index/index.aspx

Fujian International (Fujian Provincial Department of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation website): http://www.infj.cn/index.aspx

Hong Kong Trade Development Council 2008 Market Profile on Fujian: http://info.hktdc.com/mktprof/china/mpfuj.htm

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Baltimore, Maryland

Quick Facts:

  • 39 miles north of Washington, D.C. and 97 miles south of Philadelphia

  • 644,850 population, 20th most populous city in the U.S. (2010) out of a state population of 5.7 million

  • Home to life sciences industries and biotech parks centered around the world-renowned Johns Hopkins Hospital and School of Medicine and the University of Maryland Medical System and Biotechnology Institute

  • Home to Foreign Trade Zone #74 and the Port of Baltimore, one of America’s top container terminals

  • Top sectors: High technology, biosciences, health services, manufacturing, international trade, transportation, education, government, tourism

 

For more information, please visit:

City of Baltimore: http://www.baltimorecity.gov/

Baltimore Development Corporation Foreign Trade Zone: http://www.baltimoredevelopment.com/assistance/foreign.aspx

Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development Brief Economic Facts: Baltimore City, Maryland: http://www.choosemaryland.org/factsstats/Documents/briefeconomicfacts/BaltCityBEF.pdf

Baltimore Sun (newspaper): http://www.baltimoresun.com/

State of Maryland: http://www.maryland.gov/Pages/default.aspx

Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development Brief Economic Facts: The State of Maryland: http://www.choosemaryland.org/factsstats/Documents/briefeconomicfacts/MarylandBEF.pdf

Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development: http://www.choosemaryland.org/moveyourbusiness/pages/countiesandregions2.aspx

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