More than 200 business leaders from Canada and about 400 from China attended the second Canada China Business Forum. The latest business agreements cover such areas as airplane systems, international education, renewable energy and the environment.

Having fostered bilateral trade relationship with China is becoming increasingly important in coping with global economic turbulence, said Peter Kruyt, chairman of the Canada China Business Council.

During the first Canada China Business Forum in 2005, the two governments set a target to increase bilateral trade to $30 billion by 2010. But this figure climbed to $30.38 billion last year. What is more, this figure is keeping increasing year-on-year of 15.1 percent, according to Chinese customs figures.

As President of Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters, Jayson Myers said that strong demand in the Chinese domestic market is attracting Canada to promote partnership and explore opportunities.

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The expo is sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, the National Administration of Cultural Relics and the UNESCO China Office, and organized by Nanjing People’s Government, Jiangsu Culture Department and Jiangsu Construction Department.

21 cities from home and abroad, including Beijing, Hangzhou, Xi’an, Zhengzhou, Luoyang, Kaifeng, Chengde, Lijiang and Pingyao, and Barcelona, Florence and St Petersburg, were invited to attend the first expo in 2004.

The numbers of participating cities increased in the 2006 City Expo, with 53 mayors or their representatives attending the event, including those from Chengdu, Changsha, Lhasa, Zhengzhou, Hangzhou, Rome, Los Angeles, Nagoya and Auckland.

The charm of Nanjing’s culture and rich resources were presented in forums, exhibitions and performances during the 2004 and 2006 expos. The Nanjing Cultural Industrial Fair in 2004 brought an investment of 5 billion yuan for 26 cooperative projects.

With the theme of “Covergence of Cultures and Sharing in Harmonious Cities”, the 2008 City Expo is now in progress from Nov 3 until today. The World Urban Forum is being held at the same time. More than 10,000 government officials, experts, scholars and former state leaders are attending the expo and forum. The expo will definitely promote the development of Nanjing’s economy. Meanwhile, company like BPOVIA in Nanjing will have a brighter future.

The content of the event are as follows:

Large performance of “The Dream Night” on the Qinhuai River. The variety shows celebrated the opening of 2008 World Historical and Cultural Cities Expo.

Materials and mayoral forums, talks on the preservation of city history and culture, and a forum on the 2008 China Museum Exhibition Art.

Exhibitions on the 30th anniversary of international friendly cities, as well as those on brocades and Chinese and Russian painting.

A cultural industry fair, including some 20 exhibitions, those on famous Chinese towns, an animation and cartoon trade fair, and calligraphy and painting fair.

A folk and community art festival, a singing contest, and a food festival will also be part of the exposition.

Are you interested in the business opportunities in China?

China is one of the world’s great growth markets and is likely to be for many years to come. Foreign companies often face difficulties in assessing Chinese market demand and enacting effective strategies because of the language barriers, culture differences, and high expense.

BPOVIA is the leading virtual assistant and Knowledge process outsourcing (KPO) service provider in China. BPOVIA is the only virtual assistant company ever been nominated for the prestigious “Red Herring 100 Asia” Awards 2008. Combines international perspective with local know-how, BPOVIA can provide our clients China business development service and help our clients doing successful business in China.

Please visit http://www.BPOVIA.com/ for details about our service.