The Chinese language province Shaanxi is pursuing worldwide cooperation in the USA and fostering commerce relations with numerous states, together with California, New York and Utah.
“Shaanxi and the US are distant, however the two sides have shut financial and commerce relationship, in addition to intensive people-to-people exchanges,” stated Solar Jinghu, deputy director on the Shaanxi Provincial Division of Commerce, throughout a Shaanxi Province-California Financial and Commerce Cooperation Convention in Los Angeles on Friday.
The US is Shaanxi’s fourth-largest buying and selling associate and seventh-largest supply of overseas capital. In 2023, the commerce quantity between Shaanxi and the US exceeded $3.92 billion, and 16 US enterprises arrange operations in Shaanxi.
“We want to improve cooperation with California within the fields of funding and commerce, scientific and technical innovation, schooling, and monetary companies,” Solar stated.
The province has adopted insurance policies within the manufacturing and export-oriented sectors to enhance the funding surroundings and encourage enterprises to put money into Shaanxi, Solar famous.
This 12 months, Xi’an, the capital of Shaanxi province, will host the eighth Silk Highway Worldwide Exposition.
“We sincerely invite all company and entrepreneurs to take part within the exhibition in Shaanxi, and make extra pals with us, to additional perceive the historical past, tradition and pure surroundings of Shaanxi,” Solar added.
Wang Taiyu, the Chinese language cultural counselor in Los Angeles, stated there may be “no manner” to completely perceive the historical past and tradition of Shaanxi, and China as a complete, with out experiencing them by means of a private go to.
Stay optimistic
Regardless of the uncertainties in bilateral relations, members of the US enterprise group stay optimistic about the way forward for enterprise ties between the US and China.
“I firmly really feel that the USA and China must get collectively not solely culturally, but additionally economically and politically. It is so necessary to the way forward for the world,” Lessing Gold, a associate at MSK LLP and board director of the American-Chinese language CEO Society, informed China Each day.
Whereas expressing disappointment over the decline within the variety of flights between Los Angeles and Beijing, which he believes was detrimental to the cultural and political ties between the 2 international locations, Gold believes that by working collectively, the US and China might strengthen their relationship and create a brighter future for each nations.
As a corporation devoted to bridging CEOs between the US and China, the society encourages commerce and funding between the 2 international locations and additional promotes friendship and cultural consciousness. It has labored carefully with Chinese language firms which have determined to do enterprise within the US, in line with him.
“I’ve been to China many occasions, and I like the Chinese language individuals. My experiences in China have all the time been implausible,” Gold stated.
“Having visited China over 30 occasions, I’ve all the time felt welcomed,” shared Timothy Kelley, president of the Imperial Valley Financial Improvement Company, as he recounted his experiences in growing enterprise relationships there.
Wang Lei, govt vice-president for strategic administration and operations at Gemdale USA Company, informed China Each day that China and the US can cooperate extra with one another irrespective of how their political relations are.
“Enterprise is enterprise,” he stated.”We are able to discover the alternatives to cooperate deeply with one another.”
