Category Archives: 2019 Events

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.

In October 2019, Chinese Business Investment Alliance of Canada (CIBAC) organized a delegation to the Qingdao International Sister Cities Commodities Fair. There were on-site procurement negotiations with major supermarkets in Qingdao, international trading companies, and cross-border e-commerce activities.