Georgetown: President David Granger is scheduled to address Chinese business owners and invitees, including entrepreneurs resident or invested in Guyana on Thursday May 28 when the Guyana-China Business Council (GCBC) holds its first meeting for this year at the Arthur Chung Convention Center, Liliendaal.
According to current Chairman of the GCBC, Clinton Williams, the primary purpose of this special meeting is to facilitate the exchange of ideas that will craft a way forward, as well as to discuss issues specific to the conduct of business in the various sectors of the economy in which Chinese investors and immigrants are involved.
Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China, Zhang Limin is expected to speak about the bilateral trade relations and social contracts between Guyana and China. The ambassador recently said the two countries’ trade has been maintained on a sound and stable developmental footing since diplomatic ties were established between our two countries over 160 years ago.
The Guyana-China Business Council has been operating under the umbrella of the Private Sector Commission for more than 10 years. It went into abeyance for awhile and was revived in 2012 when Williams was elected to head this Business Support Organisation (BSO). The Council played a not insignificant role in the GuyExpo 2013 Business Forum which had been coordinated by the Guyana Manufacturing & Services Association (GMSA) as part of its 50th Anniversary observances. It is expected that a wide cross section of Chinese entrepreneurs will seize this opportunity to discuss the hot-button trade and social issues they face with the recently sworn-in Executive President and their country’s Ambassador to Guyana.
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