On Wednesday, March 11, 2020, CCBC held a breakfast session in Toronto, with speakers Brian Kingston, Vice President of Business Council of Canada and Jason Waite, Partner of Alston & Bird. The presentations addressed the “Phase One” Economic and Trade Agreement that was signed by China and the United States in January.
CCBC held a Lunar New Year cocktail reception on Wednesday, January 22, 2020, in Montreal with CHEN Xueming, Consul General of China in Montrealand Luc Rabouin, City of Montreal Executive Committee Member in charge of economic development.
CCBC held a Lunar New Year cocktail reception on Thursday, January 16, 2020, in Toronto with E Defeng, Commercial Counselor of the Chinese Consulate General in Toronto, and Elizabeth Roscoe, Senior VP of Public Affairs at Hill + Knowlton Strategies.
CCBC held a Lunar New Year cocktail reception on Tuesday, January 14, 2020, in Vancouver with TONG Xiaoling, Consul General of the PRC in Vancouver, and David Fung, Vice Chair of CCBC.
Ontario members had an exclusive luncheon with Chinese Ambassador to Canada CONG Peiwu on December 17, 2019, in Toronto. During the luncheon, the Ambassador spoke about the current Canada-China bilateral trade relationship.
CCBC completed the third set of the 2019 Canada-China Business Development Roadshow in Xi’an and Chengdu. The events promoted Canada as a premium investment destination, as well as highlighting Canadian exports and tourist destinations.