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A wonderful Christmas party was held at Amazing Seafood house on Dec 9, 2022, as sponsored by the Brimley-Wenlock X-Ray & Ultrasound. Ms. Eva Tsang, spoke person of the company came with a list of enlightening idea of keeping good health. We have had the honor of having two advisors at the gathering. Mr. Godwin […]

CIBAC members were happy to meet together again at public places on this day to exchange insight of the business opportunities that arise from a new economic reality. Mr. Lenny Wong, President of Ocean Packers Inc. presented at the event his views of the international markets and how Canadian companies can benefit from the participation […]

The presentation covered three key areas: (1) Driving sales growth in the NEW Normal – guided by a recent consumer sentiment survey, we identified the industry sectors that are growing and those who are negatively affected by the pandemic. Notice the shift of go-to-market models, digital transformation of sales process and new sales models and […]

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 of quickly using our commercial channels to purchase masks. Because of the urgency medical supplies in Hunan Province, taking advantage of the alliance’s networking in Canada, CIBAC purchased 20,000 medical face masks and transported the batch from Canada through China Southern Airlines as quickly as possible to Changsha, Hunan Province. 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.

Through a solid preparation work, in September 2017, CIBAC successfully led a Canadian exhibition delegation to Dongguan, Guangdong Province to participate in the 2017 Guangdong 21st Century Maritime Silk Road International Expo.

In November 2016, CIBAC visited Changsha in Hunan Province. One of the purposes of this trip was to sign with Xiangsanxie the agreement about the use of offshore office.

In November 2016, CIBAC visited Changsha in Hunan Province. CIBAC President, Johnny So signed a friendship agreement with Zeng Yingming, President of Changsha Federation of Overseas Chinese Entrepreneurs.

In September 2016, Zhong Xinlian, Vice Chairman of Changsha Municipal People’s Political Consultative Conference, led a delegation of government officials to visit Markham.

CIBAC invited an international trade expert to speak on the topic of international trade. The speaker, Mr. T.O. Lee, presented the topic on use of L/C in Import and Export trade; and discussed the use of L/C as a trusted way of payment guarantee for the movement of international goods. As an experienced trade advisor, he also presented the difficulties encountered in L/C trade, and what he has personally encountered cases in the world of L/C frauds.

In September 2017, CIBAC members attended the China (Changsha) International Food Fair as international buyers and successfully established links with the local food importers and exporters.

After Changsha Federation of Industry and Commerce’s signing of the friendship agreement with CIBAC in Toronto during 2016, the Honorary Advisor of CIBAC, Mr. Alan Ho, City of Markham Councillor led CIBAC members to follow-up visit in September 2017 with Changsha Federation of Industry and Commerce.

Following the signing of the Letter of Intent with Xiangsanxie in 2016, the Honorary Advisor of CIBAC, Mr. Alan Ho, City of Markham Councillor, led CIBAC members to call on Mr. Chen Zhengfeng, Secretary-General of the Joint Secretariat of Xiangsanxie.

In September 2017, Honorary Advisor of CIBAC, Mr. Alan Ho, City of Markham Councillor led the delegation of CIBAC members visited Changsha, Hunan Province.

In September 2017, CIBAC visited Changsha, Hunan Province. Led by Li Xinqiu, the Deputy Director, Hunan Provincial Department of Commerce organized a tailor-made business matchmaking event for CIBAC members.

In September 2017, CIBAC participated the Hong Kong Belt and Road Summit with more than 2,600 representatives from the business elite around the world.

In August 2017, co-organized with the Mill Works Incubation centre in Sault Ste. Marie, CIBAC successfully delivered a business seminar to local SMEs.

In October 2014, CIBAC China delegation visited Changsha Municipality in Hunan Province. Changsha CPPCC Deputy Secretary-General, He Minglan, hosted a luncheon at Xianglu Mountain Villa to welcome the delegation. Director Xie Lihua, and Deputy Director Yi Hong also attended the luncheon. Secretary General of Changsha Federation of Industry and Commerce, Rao Fuming, welcomed the delegation at Xinyiyuan.

In October 2014, CIBAC China delegation visited Changsha Municipality in Hunan Province. The delegation attended the meeting hosted by Changsha Federation of Industry and Commerce at Wanda Mandarin Hotel. Both parties shared market information and cooperation opportunities.

In October 2014, CIBAC China delegation visited Changsha Municipality in Hunan Province. Representatives of Hunan Provincial High-tech Entrepreneurs Association, Changsha High-tech Entrepreneurs Association, and Changsha Association for Professional Managers ( collectively referred as “Xiangsanxie” ) warmly received the delegation and respectively signed Friendship Agreements with CIBAC.