Focus: Anniversaries
Wan Jifei
Chairman, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade
On the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the US-China Business Council (USCBC), I would like, on behalf of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT), to extend our most heartfelt congratulations to USCBC, which has worked with us side by side for the past 35 years to promote China-US trade.
The China-US economic and trade relationship is an important basis for China-US bilateral relations. The stable and healthy development of the China-US economic and trade relationship accords with the long-term interests of the two countries. Even before China-US diplomatic relations were established in 1979, USCBC was promoting preliminary economic and trade exchanges between China and the United States. After 1979, USCBC continued to facilitate US companies' entry into China and serve US-funded companies in China through its broad business network. For the past 35 years, USCBC has contributed much to China-US trade and investment relations by organizing trade missions to China, hosting business delegations from China (including those organized by CCPIT), and helping businesses and investors from both sides to enter each other's markets. It is these efforts that have enhanced mutual understanding and friendship between our two peoples and have become a strong impetus for two-way trade and investment.
USCBC is an important counterpart organization of CCPIT in the United States and has collaborated with us in the fields of trade and investment promotion and legal services, such as mediation and arbitration. It was our pleasure to facilitate the establishment of USCBC's Beijing Office in 1979. Since then, the two organizations have cooperated closely and built a deep friendship with each other. We hope that USCBC will, in years to come, make the best use of its connections and influence in the US business community to further promote China-US economic and trade relations.
Copyright 2008 US-China Business Council
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