Director-General Zhang Heqiang of the Department of American and Oceanian Affairs met with vice president Wang Xiaoping of the American Chamber of Commerce in P.R.C. on July 10th.

Director-General Zhang introduced the work done in the past that have enhanced China-U.S. relationship and bilateral cooperation in the fields of trade and commerce and so on by the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries. He also recommended the 2014 American & Oceanian Regions Economic and Trade Fair, to be co-hosted by CPAFFC and Jilin Provincial People’s Government from September 15th to 17th, 2014. He hoped the American counterparts could actively participate in the fair, and highlighted that both China and the U.S. should work on pragmatic cooperation and establish long-term mechanism, moreover, he mentioned that people-people exchange is also of vital importance.

Vice President Li Dongmei and Secretary-General Chen Xufeng of the Jilin Provincial People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries introduced the trade fair in detail and invited heads of the American Chamber of Commerce in the P.R.C. and the American entrepreneurs to attend the trade fair.

Wang Xiaoping, Vice President of the American Chamber of Commerce in P.R.C., introduced the development of the chamber since its establishment in 1991 and illustrated their two main working targets which include bringing American investors to China to find business opportunities and helping Chinese enterprises go out to explore American market. He said the chamber will organize their enterprise members to participate in the fair and wish it a great success in advance.