Monthly Archives: March 2020

CIBAC (Toronto) has been allied with various business groups in Hunan Province, China, and has played a driving force for the exchange and interaction with the local Chambers of Commerce. This time, CIBAC and the compatriots in mainland China fought an epidemic prevention and control battle. This batch of masks has been donated to Shaoyang County and the County Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has distributed the masks to the medical staff in the frontline.

To better understand Changsha’s folk culture, delegates visited Hunan University, formerly known as Yuelu Academy, one of the four academies in ancient China. The delegation also visited Hunan’s 5A Gold Medal Winner Farm: Green World Ecological Art Farm. This farm is a provincial demonstration project, which provides catering, conference, hotel and organic farming services.

In January 2015, the Changsha Education Delegation of Hunan Province was led by Rui Yingzi, Deputy Director of the Standing Committee of the Changsha People’s Congress, to visit the Greater Toronto Area. Deng Yun, Deputy Director of the Changsha Education Bureau, accompanied her. The education delegation of Changsha City held talks and exchanged ideas with representatives from York Region School Board and deepened the understanding of the Canadian Education Industry.

In the summer of 2018, President So of CIBAC with some members of the
Business Association visited Qingdao, Shandong Province, China. Qingdao has a developed economy and is the third largest municipality in China’s northern
cities after Beijing and Tianjin. Qingdao is a port city of skyscrapers. Apart from its well-known Tsingtao Beer, it is also one of the most livable city in China, and one of the best China’s eight international conference cities.

By the invitation of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, President of CIBAC, Mr. So and his delegation went to Hong Kong to participate in the 2018 Asian Financial Forum in January 2018. The delegation was also invited to the welcome reception hosted by Mr. Jeff Nankivell, the Canadian Consul General for Hong Kong and Macau. Subsequently, the delegation went to Changsha to follow up on the process of negotiation projects by the two parties during their 2017 visit to Changsha.

The Chinese Investment and Business Alliance of Canada visited Changsha, China in the fall of 2018. Through this visit, the directors and members of CIBAC have established many friends and developed relationship with local dealers, suppliers, logistics and related government departments to create and cultivate a better understanding of the recent development of China’s business and consumer market.

From August 23 to 26, 2019, CIBAC members attended and participated in the Guangdong 21st Century Maritime Silk Road International Expo.
The 2019 Guangdong 21st Century Maritime Silk Road International Expo is sponsored by the Guangdong Provincial Council for the Promotion of International Trade, and is organized by the Guangdong Provincial Department of Commerce, the Guangzhou Municipal People’s Government, and the China Foreign Trade Center.

The 2019 Business Explore & Investment Summit, hosted by the Canadian Municipal Business Gateway (CMBG) and co-organized by CIBAC, was held at the IBM Innovation Space Convergence Centre in June 2019. The summit attracted about two hundred local business enterprises and investors interested in emerging companies.

CIBAC worked with the Business Development Bank and hosted the event on Thursday April 18th 2019 at the BDC Toronto Exchange conference room. The event was sponsored by BDC, the only Canadian bank that is devoted exclusively to entrepreneurs.
This session was focused on women and how to take their businesses to the next level.

In November 2019, CIBAC directors joined 2019 Danube River Trade Expedition to explore and identify business opportunities for members in Europe.
The mission started from the Wine Show in Munich, Germany, followed by the Food Show in Salzburg, Austria. Directors had productive pre-arranged business meetings in Budapest, Hungary and finally B2B collaboration for Healthcare products in Warsaw, Poland.