AmCham China Leadership Attends CIIE 2024

This week, AmCham China has had an active presence on the ground in Shanghai at the China International Import Expo (CIIE) – one of the world’s largest trade show meeting with government officials, and providing support to many of our member companies.

On Monday November 4, AmCham China President Michael Hart kicked off the week with a speech at the Invest in Sichuan symposium, at which Sichuan Vice Governor Zuo Yongxiang (pictured above right) also spoke.

On Tuesday November 5, Hart met Tang Wenhong (pictured above left), Assistant Minister of MOFCOM on the sidelines of the China Zhejiang Global Digital Economy & High-tech Industry Match-making Conference, at which he also delivered a speech (see above right).

Also attending the Conference were Zhejiang Vice Governor Lu Shan (pictured above left), and CCPIT Vice Chairman Yu Jianlong (pictured above right).

Much of the rest of the week was spent visiting member companies in the main halls at CIIE, where Hart also spoke with MIIT Vice Minister Xiong Jijun (pictured above), whom he also met last week in Beijing at the Chamber’s White Paper Delivery Meeting with MIIT.

Hart also made time to chat with Jason Hafemeister (pictured above left), Acting Deputy Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs at the US Department of Agriculture, and Zhao Hualin (pictured above right), Former Director General of the Planning and Finance Department of MEE

US businesses, representing the largest trade relationship globally and the largest group by area, have played a pivotal role in this year’s CIIE. Over 40 member companies, including Merck, Micron, ConocoPhillips, GE Aerospace, GE Vernova, 3M, Honeywell, Dell, SAP, GE HealthCare, Edwards, Boston Scientific, Becton Dickinson, Abbott, Terumo, Stryker, UPS, FedEx, Herbalife, Amway, Bunge, Cargill, LDC, ADM, Syngenta, Illumina, Alcon, Siemens-Healthineers, Varian, Medtronic, Accuray, Amgen, Johnson & Johnson, Takeda, Sanofi, Organon, Nova Nordic, Novartis, MSD, Eli Lilly, Bayer, Boehringer-ingelheim, GSK, and Nokia were visited by AmCham China President Michael Hart, Vice President Claire Ma, Membership Director Mingying Chiang, Healthcare Industry Group Director Edward Wang, and Government Affairs and Policy Associate Director Weijia Zhang during their booth tours.

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Author: Norris Tangen