1

Markh

am

–C

on

fed

erati

on

of

Greate

r T

oro

nto

Ch

inese B

usin

ess

Asso

cia

tion

(C

GTC

BA

)

Ch

ina T

rad

e M

issio

n 2

01

2:

Rep

ort

on

Ou

tco

mes a

nd

Acti

vit

ies

No

vem

ber 2

1 –

Decem

ber 6

, 2

01

2

Pre

senta

tion t

o E

conom

ic D

evelo

pm

ent

Com

mitte

e

Marc

h 5

, 2013

Overall M

issio

n O

bje

cti

ves

•Str

ength

en b

usin

ess lin

ks w

ith k

ey s

trate

gic

part

ners

in

Chin

a

•Advance E

conom

ic D

evelo

pm

ent

Pro

gra

ms in s

iste

r and friendship

citie

s

•D

evelo

p b

usin

ess t

o b

usin

ess a

nd g

overn

ment

to

govern

ment

links t

o e

nhance m

ark

et

gro

wth

opport

unitie

s

•Pro

mote

Mark

ham

as t

he p

rim

e b

usin

ess a

nd

investm

ent

destination for

Chin

a

•Learn

about

innovative c

om

panie

s a

nd o

rganiz

ations

in C

hin

a

2

Fo

cu

s o

n f

ou

r i

nd

ustr

y v

erti

cals

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ence o

f Life S

cie

nces a

nd I

CT

•Fin

ancia

l Serv

ices

•Pro

fessio

nal, S

cie

ntific a

nd T

echnic

al Serv

ices

(engin

eering, arc

hitectu

re, pla

nnin

g,

etc

.)

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igher

Education

3

Mis

sio

n O

vervie

w

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rgan

ize

r:C

on

fed

era

tio

n o

f G

reat

er T

oro

nto

Ch

ines

e B

usi

nes

s A

sso

ciat

ion

(C

GTC

BA

)

-R

ich

mo

nd

Hill

an

d M

arkh

am C

hin

ese

Bu

sin

ess

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oci

atio

n-

Mis

siss

auga

Ch

ines

e B

usi

nes

s A

sso

ciat

ion

-Sc

arb

oro

ugh

Yo

rk R

egio

n C

hin

ese

Bu

sin

ess

Ass

oci

atio

n-

Toro

nto

Ch

ines

e B

usi

nes

s A

sso

ciat

ion

•To

tal N

um

be

r o

f P

arti

cip

ants

: 7

1

-4

May

ors

: Mar

kham

, Bar

rie,

Bra

mp

ton

, Oak

ville

-2

Dep

uty

May

ors

: Vau

ghan

an

d C

lari

ngt

on

-5

Cit

y C

ou

nci

llors

-1

1 S

enio

r Ec

on

om

ic D

evel

op

men

t St

aff

(Co

mm

issi

on

ers,

Ch

ief

of

Staf

f, D

irec

tors

, B

usi

nes

s D

evel

op

men

t O

ffic

ers)

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Ed

uca

tio

nal

Inst

itu

tio

ns:

Sen

eca

Co

llege

, Yo

rk U

niv

ersi

ty (

VP

s)-

Bu

sin

esse

s se

cto

rs r

epre

sen

ted

: H

i-Te

ch, P

rofe

ssio

nal

Ser

vice

s, R

eal E

stat

e

Dev

elo

pm

ent,

Fin

anci

al S

ervi

ces

and

Ed

uca

tio

n e

tc.

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arkh

am D

ele

gati

on

: 34

4

Ack

no

wle

dge

me

nt

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art

ner

s in

Su

cces

s

5

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ank

of

Ch

ina

(Can

ada)

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DO

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ada

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DO

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ina

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erti

fied

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blic

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ou

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fed

erat

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of

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ater

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ron

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hin

ese

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sin

ess

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oci

atio

n

Fe

der

atio

n o

f C

hin

ese

Can

adia

ns

in M

arkh

am

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shan

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oci

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n o

f To

ron

to

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sso

ciat

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ada

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., Lt

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un

g &

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mp

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arte

red

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iller

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om

son

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oci

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ng

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ign

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c.

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sio

n O

vervie

w C

on

t’d

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Cit

ies V

isit

ed

No

vem

ber 2

1 –

Decem

ber 6

6

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ijin

g

Qin

gdao Sh

angh

aiW

uh

an

Hu

adu

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o

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zhen

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ngs

han

Fosh

an

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ver

500 c

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s d

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d a

t all

meetings

D

ele

gate

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chu

re

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on

om

ic D

evel

op

men

t N

ewsl

ette

r

7

Mis

sio

n O

utc

om

es

Mis

sio

n O

utc

om

es C

on

t’d

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ed

ia C

ove

rage

(G

TA a

nd

in C

hin

a):

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pri

nt,

on

line,

rad

io &

tel

evis

ion

.

8

Eco

no

mis

t &

Su

n

Ch

ina

Dai

ly, J

an 2

5, 2

01

3

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kham

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me

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e

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ngs

han

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y W

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te

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angj

ian

gW

eekl

y

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g P

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aily

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sio

n O

utc

om

es C

on

t’d

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to

tal o

f 4

agr

ee

me

nts

sig

ne

d:

Stre

ngt

hen

ed e

con

om

ic t

ies

and

pro

mo

ted

cu

ltu

ral e

xch

ange

s:

R

enew

ed s

iste

r ci

ty r

elat

ion

ship

wit

h W

uh

an

Ren

ewed

fri

end

ship

cit

y re

lati

on

ship

wit

h H

uad

u

Dev

elo

ped

new

rel

atio

nsh

ips:

sig

ned

fri

end

ship

cit

y re

lati

on

s M

emo

ran

du

m

of

Un

der

stan

din

g (M

OU

) w

ith

2 c

itie

s:

Zib

o

Fosh

an

•Q

ingd

ao a

nd

Mar

kham

agr

ee

to

est

ablis

h f

rie

nd

ship

cit

y re

lati

on

ship

by

sign

ing

an M

OU

wh

en

Qin

gdao

vis

its

Mar

kham

in

20

13

.

9

Mis

sio

n O

utc

om

es C

on

t’d

•M

ade

bu

sin

ess

es

con

ne

ctio

ns:

V

isit

ed 1

2 h

i-te

ch/i

nd

ust

rial

par

ks:

Qin

gdao

His

en

seIn

du

stri

al Z

on

e, Q

ingd

ao G

ao H

sin

Dev

elo

pm

ent

Zon

e, Z

ibo

n

atio

nal

Hi-

Tech

Ind

ust

rial

Dev

elo

pm

ent

Zon

e, S

han

ghai

Kn

ow

led

ge a

nd

in

no

vati

on

Co

mm

un

ity,

Nat

ion

al U

niv

ersi

ty S

cien

ce P

ark

of

Shan

ghai

U

niv

ersi

ty o

f Fi

nan

ce a

nd

Eco

no

mic

s, T

sin

ghu

aU

niv

ersi

ty S

cien

ce P

ark,

Zh

on

ggu

ancu

nSc

ien

ce P

ark,

Wu

han

Eco

no

mic

an

d D

evel

op

men

t Zo

ne,

W

uh

an E

ast

Lake

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h-T

ech

Dev

elo

pm

ent,

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adu

Inte

rnat

ion

al A

uto

mo

bile

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du

stry

Bas

e, N

anh

aiH

AO

Sci

ence

Par

k, a

nd

Sh

en

zhe

n H

i-Te

ch In

du

stri

al

Park

.

M

eeti

ngs

wit

h o

ver

20

bu

sin

esse

s in

ICT,

fin

anci

al s

erv

ices

, m

anu

fact

uri

ng

(LED

, fib

ero

pti

cs, c

on

sum

er

pro

du

cts)

, re

al e

stat

e d

evel

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men

t an

d

pro

fess

ion

al s

erv

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ade

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sin

ess

con

tact

s.

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on

nec

ted

an

d s

tren

gth

ened

tie

s w

ith

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k, S

han

ghai

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oci

atio

n o

f Sc

ien

ce a

nd

tec

hn

olo

gy, H

uaz

ho

ng

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iver

sity

of

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nce

an

d T

ech

no

logy

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d

Shan

ghai

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iver

sity

of

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ance

an

d E

con

om

ics.

10

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sio

n O

utc

om

es C

on

t’d

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ield

ed

bu

sin

ess

lead

s an

d o

pp

ort

un

itie

s fo

r M

arkh

am

bu

sin

ess

es,

exa

mp

les

incl

ud

e:

M

GP

iest

ablis

hed

bu

sin

ess

rela

tio

ns

wit

h t

he

gro

up

of

com

pan

ies

that

bu

ilt

the

Yan

gpu

dig

ital

3D

dis

pla

y to

use

th

e te

chn

olo

gy in

Mar

kham

an

d o

ther

ci

ties

in C

anad

a.

MG

Piw

ill b

e r

ecei

vin

g re

pre

sen

tati

ves

of

a p

rom

inen

t C

hin

ese

IT c

om

pan

y in

Bei

jing

in M

arch

to

dis

cuss

join

t p

artn

ersh

ip o

pp

ort

un

itie

s.

CD

PC

(C

han

tal D

eslo

ges

Pro

fess

ion

al C

orp

.) is

en

gage

d in

dis

cuss

ion

s w

ith

a

nu

mb

er

of

pro

spec

t cl

ien

ts

CD

PC

has

als

o e

nte

red

into

co

op

erat

ive

allia

nce

s w

ith

pro

min

ent

law

fir

ms

bas

ed in

Sh

angh

ai a

nd

Bei

jing

resp

ecti

vely

fo

r cl

ien

t re

ferr

als

.

Mac

era

& J

arzy

na

LLP

rec

eive

d le

ads

fro

m f

ello

w d

ele

gate

s an

d is

en

gagi

ng

in o

n-g

oin

g d

iscu

ssio

ns.

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acer

a&

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zyn

aLL

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as in

vite

d b

y Pa

rty

Gro

up

Sec

reta

ry D

irec

tor

of

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nm

ing

to v

isit

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nm

ing

to e

xch

ange

ide

as f

or

futu

re c

oo

per

atio

n.

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acer

a&

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zyn

aLL

P a

lso

rec

eive

d r

efer

rals

fro

m v

ario

us

scie

nce

par

ks a

nd

fe

llow

law

fir

ms

in S

han

ghai

an

d W

uh

an.

11

Mis

sio

n O

utc

om

es C

on

t’d

•Y

ield

ed

bu

sin

ess

lead

s an

d o

pp

ort

un

itie

s fo

r M

arkh

am

bu

sin

ess

es

con

t’d

:

Th

rou

gh S

hen

zhen

Tra

de

Off

ice,

Mar

kham

Eco

no

mic

Dev

elo

pm

ent

staf

f co

nn

ecte

d w

ith

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artR

ayIn

c., a

Mar

kham

-bas

ed L

ED li

ghti

ng

des

ign

, man

ufa

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rin

g an

d d

istr

ibu

tio

n c

om

pan

y, t

o a

ssis

t in

its

gro

wth

pla

n.

M

erit

Ed

uca

tio

n, a

Mar

kham

ed

uca

tio

n c

on

sult

ing

com

pan

y si

gned

a

lett

er o

f in

ten

t w

ith

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han

Hu

azh

on

gU

niv

ersi

ty o

f Sc

ien

ce a

nd

Te

chn

olo

gy c

oo

per

ate

on

ed

uca

tio

n e

xch

ange

s.

Sen

eca

is e

stab

lish

ing

new

rel

atio

nsh

ips

wit

h u

niv

ersi

ties

in W

uh

an

that

has

po

ten

tial

fo

r st

ud

ent

recr

uit

men

t an

d f

acu

lty

exch

ange

.

Sen

eca

dev

elo

ped

new

co

nta

cts

wit

h C

hin

ese

bu

sin

esse

s fo

r co

rpo

rate

tra

inin

g.

Sen

eca

met

wit

h Z

ho

ngs

han

off

icia

ls a

nd

th

e h

ead

of

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Sun

Yat

-sen

Sch

oo

l an

d d

iscu

ssed

po

ten

tial

pat

hw

ays

for

stu

den

ts f

or

Sen

eca.

12

Mis

sio

n O

utc

om

es C

on

t’d

•En

cou

rage

d b

usi

ne

ss e

xch

ange

wh

ich

lead

s to

p

ote

nti

al in

vest

me

nt

in M

arkh

am:

A

Can

adia

n d

eleg

ate

dec

ided

to

pu

rch

ase

a b

uild

ing

in

Mar

kham

to

ho

use

its

62

,00

0 s

q. f

t sa

les/

war

eho

use

/IT

op

erat

ion

.

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hig

h-l

evel

Qin

gdao

Bio

-Tec

h a

nd

Oce

anic

Res

earc

h

Del

egat

ion

vis

ited

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kham

in m

id-F

ebru

ary,

20

13

, to

sc

ou

t p

ote

nti

al f

or

inve

stin

g in

Mar

kham

.

Q

ingd

ao M

un

icip

al F

ore

ign

Aff

airs

Off

ice

and

Qin

gdao

N

atio

nal

Hi-

Tech

ind

ust

rial

Dev

elo

pm

ent

Zon

e ar

e co

ord

inat

ing

wit

h M

arkh

am E

con

om

ic D

evel

op

men

t O

ffic

e to

pla

n t

wo

tra

de

and

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stm

ent

del

egat

ion

s to

Mar

kham

in

20

13

.

13

Re

cen

t Q

ingd

ao D

ele

gati

on

to

Mar

kham

Feb

ruar

y 1

9 -

22

, 20

13

14

Mar

kham

Sto

uff

ville

Ho

spit

alTE

VA

Can

ada

Ltd

.

GE

Gri

d IQ

Inn

ova

tio

n C

entr

eIB

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oft

war

e La

b.

Po

st-

Mis

sio

n S

urvey R

esu

lts

Positiv

e r

esponses:

1.

100%

of

surv

eyed p

art

icip

ants

rate

d the o

vera

ll effe

ctiveness o

f th

e

Chin

a T

rade M

issio

n in f

acili

tating p

roje

ct

dis

cussio

ns/o

pport

unitie

s

with t

he d

ele

gate

s a

nd o

ther

GTA

com

panie

s e

ither

“Extr

em

ely

Effective”

or

“Effective”.

2.

Over

90%

of surv

eyed p

art

icip

ants

answ

ere

d y

es t

o the f

ollo

win

g

questions:

–D

id th

e T

rad

e M

issio

n m

ee

t yo

ur

ob

jective

s?

–D

id th

e T

rad

e M

issio

n P

rovid

e y

ou

with

ne

w in

form

atio

n o

r co

nta

cts

th

at co

uld

imp

rove

an

d/o

r e

xp

an

d y

ou

r co

mp

an

y’s

bu

sin

ess o

bje

ctive

s in

Ch

ina

?

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ve

rall,

giv

en

th

e o

utc

om

e, w

as a

tte

nd

ing

th

e m

issio

n w

ort

h th

e in

ve

stm

en

t in

tim

e

and m

oney?

15

~ 6

2%

res

po

nd

ed: 1

6 r

esp

on

den

ts o

ut

of

net

26

par

tici

pan

ts.

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OR

T T

ER

M

(1-2

Years

)

ME

DIU

M T

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M

(3-5

Years

)

LO

NG

TE

RM

(Beyo

nd

5 Y

ears

)

Sale

s o

r C

ontr

acts

83%

75%

67%

Investm

ent

67%

50%

33%

Part

ners

hip

or

Join

t V

entu

re D

eals

82%

100%

100%

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ark

et R

esearc

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100%

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onal G

ain

(bro

adened

pers

pective e

tc)

100%

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75%

3. B

usin

ess o

pport

unitie

s identified a

s a

direct

outc

om

e o

f th

e m

eetings

that to

ok p

lace d

uring t

he C

hin

a T

rade M

issio

n:

Po

st-

Mis

sio

n S

urvey R

esu

lts C

on

t’d

4. A

ll re

spondents

answ

ere

d “

YE

S”

to p

art

icip

ate

in M

ark

ham

’s f

utu

re

tra

de m

issio

ns t

o C

hin

a.

16

Dele

gate

Feed

back

•“

Th

is i

s th

e fi

rst

tra

de

mis

sion

I p

art

icip

ate

d w

ith M

ark

ha

m. I

ma

de

ma

ny

bu

sines

s co

nn

ecti

on

s a

nd b

rou

gh

t ba

ck a

few

so

lid l

ead

s. G

rea

t tr

ip, lo

ts o

f fu

n, th

an

ks f

or

org

an

izin

g i

t! “ ~

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tric

k S

un

, P

res

ide

nt,

MG

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form

ati

on

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tem

s L

td.

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y go

od

in

vest

men

t by

the

Cit

y o

f M

ark

ham

. I

’m c

erta

in t

ha

t th

e re

lati

on

ship

bu

ild

ing

wit

h o

ther

mu

nic

ipali

ties

an

d l

arg

e co

rpo

rati

on

s w

ill

yiel

d r

esu

lts.

”~

Da

nie

l A

tlin

, V

P, S

en

ec

a C

oll

eg

e

•“

…T

he

tra

de

mis

sio

n i

s ve

ry w

ell

pla

nned

an

d e

ffic

ientl

y/ef

fect

ivel

y ex

ecute

d…

Ove

rall

, it

’s f

an

tast

ic…

I’m

ver

y pro

ud o

f th

e M

ark

ha

m t

eam

u

nder

th

e le

ad

ersh

ip o

f M

ayo

r Sca

rpit

ti f

or

con

sist

entl

y d

emo

nst

rati

ng

stro

ng t

eam

wo

rk a

nd

work

ing

rel

entl

essl

y th

rou

gh

out th

e tr

ip i

n p

rom

oti

ng

th

e ci

ty, st

reng

then

ing r

ela

tio

nsh

ips

wit

h C

hin

a a

nd

pro

moti

ng t

rad

e.”

~ A

me

lia

Ch

oi,

In

tell

ec

tua

l P

rop

ert

y L

aw

ye

r

17

Dele

gate

Feed

back C

on

t’d

•“

Th

e org

an

iza

tio

na

l sk

ills

, ded

icati

on

“to

go

bey

ond

” b

y S

tep

hen

Ch

ait

an

d S

and

ra T

am

lef

t a

gre

at

impre

ssio

n M

ark

ham

to b

oth

th

e C

hin

ese

an

d

Ca

na

dia

ns,

wh

ile

ther

e, b

efore

an

d a

fter

ward

s. O

ur

Ma

yor

is t

he

gre

ate

st

ass

et i

n l

eavi

ng a

n i

mpre

ssiv

e m

ark

fo

r M

ark

ha

m, w

her

ever

he

go

es.”

~ D

r. K

en

Ng

, P

res

ide

nt,

FC

CM

.

•“

Th

e org

an

izer

s a

nd

th

e re

pre

senta

tive

s fr

om

the

city

ha

ve d

on

e a

gre

at

job

. T

ha

nk

you

.”

•“

Ove

rall

a g

oo

d v

alu

e. I

wou

ld r

ecom

men

d s

uch

a m

issi

on

to

oth

er

bu

sines

ses

in M

ark

ha

m.”

•“

Ver

y fu

lfil

lin

g a

nd

a r

eal

rela

tion

ship

bu

ilder

.”

18

Dele

gate

Feed

back C

on

t’d

19

“Ou

r it

iner

ary

wa

s w

ell p

lan

ned

an

d w

e co

vere

da

lot

of

gro

un

d d

uri

ng

ou

r ti

me

in C

hin

a…

..I c

am

e h

om

e b

elie

vin

g t

ha

t th

ere

wa

s b

oth

a

stro

ng

inte

rest

an

d d

esir

e to

inve

st in

Ca

na

da

an

d in

th

e G

TA in

pa

rtic

ula

r, a

nd

th

at

ou

r C

hin

ese

ho

sts

wer

e eq

ua

lly in

tere

sted

in a

ttra

ctin

g b

usi

nes

sto

th

eir

Cit

ies…

…”

~Pat

rick

O’H

anlo

n,

Pre

sid

en

t, K

yle

mo

reC

om

mu

nit

ies

Overvie

w o

f M

issio

n I

tin

erary

20

•H

igh level to

urs

of

Qin

gdao N

ational H

i-Tech I

ndustr

ial D

evelo

pm

ent

Zone a

nd

Gao H

sin

Develo

pm

ent

Zone.

•M

eeting w

ith s

enio

r executives o

f H

isense

Gro

up –

a leadin

g g

lobal

ele

ctr

onic

and info

rmation

conglo

mera

te.

•Vis

ited Q

ingdao I

nte

rnational Anim

ation

and G

am

e I

ndustr

ial Park

.

•M

eetings w

ith Q

ingdao M

unic

ipal

Govern

ment.

•M

eetings w

ith B

ure

au o

f Com

merc

e.

•Vis

ited Q

ingdao F

irst

Institu

te o

f O

ceanogra

phy –

the leadin

g

oceanogra

phy r

esearc

h c

entr

e in C

hin

a.

21

Qin

gd

ao

: S

um

mary o

f M

eeti

ng

s

May

or

Scar

pit

ti, R

egio

nal

Co

un

cillo

r La

nd

on

, C

ou

nci

llor

Ho

an

d E

con

om

icD

evel

op

men

t D

irec

tor

Ch

ait

mee

tin

g w

ith

sen

ior

exec

uti

ves

of

His

ense

Gro

up

In Q

ingd

ao.

•M

eeting w

ith D

eputy

Mayor

and

senio

r govern

ment

offic

ials

in Z

ibo

and s

igned M

OU

to f

orm

alize

frie

ndship

city r

ela

tionship

.

•D

iscussed b

usin

ess o

pport

unitie

s

with B

ure

au o

f Com

merc

e.

•M

eeting a

nd t

our

of

Zib

o M

ate

rnal

and C

hild C

are

Hospital w

hic

h

ranked t

he first

in t

he S

handong

Pro

vin

ce a

nd t

he f

ifth

in C

hin

a.

•Vis

it t

o Z

ibo C

hin

ese C

era

mic

s

Museum

.

22

Zib

o:

Su

mm

ary o

f M

eeti

ng

s

May

or

Scar

pit

ti m

eets

wit

hZi

bo

Dep

uty

May

or.

MO

U s

ign

ing

cere

mo

ny

in Z

ibo

.

Zib

o C

hin

ese

C

eram

ics

Mu

seu

m

•Canada-C

hin

a T

rade M

issio

n C

onfe

rence

and p

anel dis

cussio

n h

oste

d b

y C

GTCBA,

att

ended b

y o

ver

200 local senio

r busin

ess

executives.

•Focused b

usin

ess s

em

inar

and n

etw

ork

ing

event

co-h

oste

d b

y B

DO

Canada,

BD

O

Chin

a a

nd M

ille

r Thom

son L

LP (

Mark

ham

offic

e):

Busin

ess p

resenta

tion,

netw

ork

ing

and s

em

inar.

•Busin

ess r

eception h

oste

d b

y S

hanghai

Associa

tion o

f Scie

nce a

nd T

echnolo

gy.

•Vis

ited Y

angpu

busin

ess a

nd industr

ial

park

s t

hat

have a

focus o

n innovation:

Urb

an P

lannin

g E

xhib

itio

n H

all,

Shanghai

Inte

rnational D

esig

n L

oft

, Know

ledge a

nd

Innovation C

om

munity a

nd I

nte

rnational

Fashio

n C

entr

e.

23

Sh

an

gh

ai:

Su

mm

ary o

f M

eeti

ng

s

•Vis

ited N

ational U

niv

ers

ity S

cie

nce

Park

of

Shanghai U

niv

ers

ity o

f Fin

ance a

nd E

conom

ics (

SU

FE)

•Corp

ora

te v

isit t

o N

ort

h A

merica

Pla

za,

built

by a

Mark

ham

busin

ess.

•M

eetings w

ith M

ayor

Xin

gm

ing

Jin,

Yangpu

Dis

tric

t, a

nd M

r. W

eig

uo

Wu,

Vic

e-C

hair o

f Yangpu

People

’s

Congre

ss S

tandin

g C

om

mitte

e,

who

has b

een a

cata

lyst

in f

acilitating

exchanges b

etw

een M

ark

ham

and

Yangpu

Dis

tric

t.

24

Sh

an

gh

ai:

Su

mm

ary o

f M

eeti

ng

s c

on

t’d

•Vis

ited Z

hongguancun

Scie

nce P

ark

, Beijin

g h

eadquart

er

to d

iscuss

technolo

gic

al and b

usin

ess

opport

unitie

s.

•Toure

d T

USPark

(Tsin

ghua

Univ

ers

ity

Scie

nce P

ark

, Beijin

g),

the larg

est

univ

ers

ity s

cie

nce p

ark

in t

he w

orld,

an

import

ant

pla

tform

in C

hin

a f

or

pro

moting innovation a

nd t

echnolo

gy.

•Roundta

ble

dis

cussio

n w

ith D

eputy

D

irecto

r G

enera

l Fan Q

uic

hen,

Min

istr

y

of Com

merc

e,

P.R.

Chin

a.

•Busin

ess b

riefing w

ith C

anadia

n

Am

bassador

Guy S

ain

t-Ja

cques a

t th

e

Canadia

n E

mbassy in B

eijin

g.

25

Beij

ing

: S

um

mary o

f M

eeti

ng

s

•Canada-C

hin

a E

conom

ic D

evelo

pm

ent

& I

nvestm

ent

Foru

m a

t Fangshan

Dis

tric

t, c

o-h

oste

d b

y C

GTCBA a

nd

National D

evelo

pm

ent

and R

efo

rm

Com

mis

sio

n (

ND

RC):

Busin

ess

pre

senta

tion a

nd n

etw

ork

ing.

•Chin

a-C

anada E

conom

ic,

Tra

de a

nd

Investm

ent

Fair (

Xia

ngta

n).

•Tour

of Bank o

f Chin

a w

orld

headquart

ers

in B

eijin

g a

nd m

eeting

with s

enio

r executives inclu

din

g V

ice

Pre

sid

ent

Yue Y

i and G

enera

l M

anager

Madam

Song L

ianru

. T

he M

ark

ham

dele

gation w

as g

reete

d b

y V

ice

Pre

sid

ent

Wang H

eng

from

Bank o

f Chin

a (

Canada)

on b

ehalf o

f Pre

sid

ent

Lijun W

ang.

26

Beij

ing

: S

um

mary o

f M

eeti

ng

s c

on

t’d

•Busin

ess n

etw

ork

ing s

essio

n a

t W

uhan

Econom

ic a

nd D

evelo

pm

ent

Zone (

WED

Z).

•Vis

ited H

uazhong

Institu

te o

f Scie

nce a

nd

Technolo

gy (

HU

ST)

and w

itnessed s

ignin

g o

f Lett

er

of In

tent

to c

oopera

te o

n e

ducation

exchanges b

etw

een a

Mark

ham

based

busin

ess a

nd H

UST.

•Busin

ess r

eception a

t East

Lake H

igh-T

ech

Develo

pm

ent

Zone.

•Vis

ited W

uhan N

ational Labora

tory

for

Opto

ele

ctr

onic

s.

•Toure

d F

iberH

om

eTechnolo

gie

s,

a leadin

g

ICT s

erv

ice a

nd s

olu

tion p

rovid

er

and a

core

busin

ess in W

uhan O

ptics V

alley o

f Chin

a.

27

Wu

han

: S

um

mary o

f M

eeti

ng

s

Wu

han

: S

um

mary o

f M

eeti

ng

s c

on

t’d

•Renew

ed s

iste

r city r

ela

tionship

whic

h h

as b

een in p

lace s

ince

2006 a

nd s

igned M

oU

with E

xecutive V

ice-M

ayor

Yaobin

Jin.

•Busin

ess r

eception h

oste

d b

y f

orm

er

Vic

e-M

ayor

Shanla

Yuan,

who v

isited M

ark

ham

in 2

006 a

nd r

eceiv

ed t

he M

ark

ham

Tra

de

Mis

sio

n in 2

008.

•Busin

ess r

eception h

oste

d b

y V

ice-M

inste

r Ji

tang

Hu,

Wuhan

Overs

eas F

riendship

Associa

tion.

Mayor

Scarp

itti,

accom

panie

d b

y R

egio

nal C

ouncill

or

Joe L

i

and C

ouncill

ors

Ale

x C

hiu

and A

lan H

o a

s the E

xecutive V

ice

-Mayor

of W

uhan, sig

ns a

MoU

renew

ing t

he s

iste

r city r

ela

tionship

.

28

•Renew

ed M

oU

(Mem

ora

ndum

of

Unders

tandin

g)

with D

istr

ict

Chie

f M

r.

Zhungjian

Lin

and L

ung Z

hao,

Sta

ndin

g

Vic

e-C

hairm

an.

•Vis

ited H

uadu

Auto

City a

nd D

ongfe

ng

Nis

san P

resenta

tion C

entr

e a

t H

uadu

Inte

rnational Auto

mobile I

ndustr

y B

ase.

•Site v

isit:

Honglitr

onic

, a p

ublicly

lis

ted

LED

pro

ducts

manufa

ctu

rer

and

researc

her.

•Friendship

Tre

e p

lanting c

ere

mony a

t H

uadu

People

’s P

ark

to c

om

mem

ora

te

Mark

ham

-Huadu

new

friendship

agre

em

ent.

29

Hu

ad

u:

Su

mm

ary o

f M

eeti

ng

s

•Sig

ned M

oU

(Mem

ora

ndum

of

Unders

tandin

g)

to e

sta

blish f

riendship

city

rela

tionship

.

•Reception h

oste

d b

y M

r. Z

ifu

Li, E

xecutive

Vic

e-M

ayor

of City o

f Foshan

•Reception h

oste

d b

y M

r. C

anru

Zheng,

Mayor

of

NanhaiD

istr

ict.

•Vis

ited H

AO

Scie

nce P

ark

, Ruiz

hou

Technolo

gy

•Corp

ora

te v

isit:

Mei Fat

Hats

Inte

rnational

Manufa

ctu

ring C

o.

Ltd

., a

Mark

ham

-based

busin

ess.

•Vis

ited F

oshan

Ancestr

al Tem

ple

, a k

ey

cultura

l re

lic o

f G

uangdong p

rovin

ce.

30

Fo

sh

an

: S

um

mary o

f M

eeti

ng

s

Zh

on

gsh

an

: S

um

mary o

f M

eeti

ng

(half d

ay)

•D

r. S

un Y

at-

sen

Mem

orial.

•Site v

isit:

Dr. S

un Y

at-

sen

Mem

orial School.

•Reception a

nd m

eeting w

ith M

r. L

iangxia

nChen,

Mayor

of

Zhongshan,

and M

r. Y

uro

ng

Feng,

Vic

e M

ayor.

Dr.

Sun Y

at-

Sen

Mem

orial

31

•Site V

isit:

Shenzhen H

i-Tech I

ndustr

ial

Park

s -

busin

ess p

resenta

tion a

nd

netw

ork

ing.

•Corp

ora

te c

alls t

o w

orld h

eadquart

ers

of

1.

Huaw

eiTechnolo

gie

s,

gre

ete

d b

y

Pre

sid

ent

Sean Y

ang,

Huaw

ei

(Canada),

Canadia

n h

eadquart

er

in

Mark

ham

.2.

ZTE C

orp

ora

tion

•Reception a

nd m

eeting w

ith M

r. R

uifeng

Lu,

Executive V

ice-M

ayor

and M

r.

Ric

hard

Zhong,

Directo

r, W

uhan F

ore

ign

Affairs O

ffic

e.

•M

ayor

inte

rvie

w w

ith S

henzhen S

pecia

l Zone D

aily.

32

Sh

en

zh

en

: S

um

mary o

f M

eeti

ng

s

Fo

llo

w-o

n A

cti

vit

ies

•Q

ingd

ao F

ore

ign

Aff

airs

Off

ice

and

Qin

gdao

Tec

hn

olo

gy P

ark

will

be

visi

tin

g M

arkh

am t

his

yea

r to

fu

rth

er d

iscu

ss b

usi

nes

s ex

chan

ges

and

inve

stm

ent

op

po

rtu

nit

ies.

•Fo

llow

up

on

po

ten

tial

inve

stm

ent

lead

s fo

r M

arkh

am r

efer

red

b

y Sh

enzh

en F

ore

ign

Aff

airs

Off

ices

.•

Co

nti

nu

e to

par

tner

wit

h C

hin

a’s

Fore

ign

Aff

airs

Off

ices

to

cro

ss

pro

mo

te b

i-la

tera

l tra

de

op

po

rtu

nit

ies

and

to

ad

van

ce M

oU

ob

ject

ives

.•

Att

end

Hi-

Tech

Exp

os

and

co

nfe

ren

ces

in S

han

ghai

an

d

Shen

zhen

in 2

01

3.

•En

gage

in d

iscu

ssio

n w

ith

Zh

on

ggu

ancu

nSc

ien

ce P

ark

bo

th in

B

eijin

g an

d T

oro

nto

on

pro

gram

s to

su

pp

ort

inn

ova

tio

ns

and

en

trep

ren

eurs

hip

.

33

Fo

llo

w-o

n A

cti

vit

ies C

on

t’d

•M

arkh

am w

as o

ffer

ed t

he

op

po

rtu

nit

y to

po

st a

fre

e o

ne

-p

age

adve

rtis

ing

in t

he

“Fo

reig

n In

vest

men

t in

Ch

ina”

m

agaz

ine,

a p

rom

inen

t b

usi

nes

s m

agaz

ine

pu

blis

hed

by

the

M

inis

try

of

Co

mm

erce

, P.R

. Ch

ina.

•M

arkh

am w

as in

vite

d b

y W

uh

an t

o b

e fe

atu

red

in a

loo

pin

g vi

deo

sh

ow

casi

ng

its

sist

er c

itie

s.•

Mar

kham

to

nam

e “W

uh

an A

ven

ue”

an

d “

Nan

hai

Ro

ad”.

•A

Fo

shan

lan

tern

exh

ibit

ion

in M

arkh

am is

bei

ng

pla

nn

ed

.•

Mar

kham

Eco

no

mic

Dev

elo

pm

ent

Staf

f an

d J

erem

y La

uri

n,

Pre

sid

en

t an

d C

EO, v

entu

reLA

Bar

e in

vite

d t

o a

tten

d t

he

top

tec

hn

olo

gy s

ho

w in

Ch

ina:

th

e C

hin

a H

i-Te

ch F

air

(CH

TF)

in S

hen

zhen

, No

vem

ber

16

-21

, 20

13

.

34

Th

an

k Y

ou

!

“…..w

e co

uld

no

t b

e ha

pp

ier

to b

e ali

gn

ed w

ith

th

e C

ity

of

Ma

rkh

am

. U

nd

er t

he

lea

der

ship

of

Ma

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