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29 September 2010 - San Francisco, CA: Responding to a growing demand for business exchange between the world's two largest economies - the United States and China - ChinaSF (www.sfced.org/international/chinasf) will open an office in Beijing as part of a weeklong business delegation to China, October 16 - 23. This business trip will be led by ChinaSF Executive Director, Ginny Fang, and the City of San Francisco's Office of Economic and Workforce Development Director, Jennifer Matz.

 

"As the gateway to the Pacific, ChinaSF builds San Francisco's history of shared cultural and economic ties with China, and strengthens mutual economic prosperity through enhanced relationships between San Francisco and Chinese businesses," said Mayor Newsom. "ChinaSF's business presence in Beijing is both necessary and inevitable to truly leverage China's market and innovation."

 

"Relationships take real people making real contacts in real time," said ChinaSF Executive Director Ginny Fang. "The opening of our second office in China is demonstration of our effectiveness and success in building these business relationships."

 

ChinaSF will open their Beijing office with support from ChinaSF Board member firm, The Hina Group, a China-based investment banking and private equity firm. "We are thrilled to work with ChinaSF and support their expansion into Beijing. As the headquarter location for countless Chinese businesses and the home of the central government, Beijing is a critical base for doing business in China. With ChinaSF's growing number of relationships in the Beijing region, this not only demonstrates their current success, but also is a move that will reinforce and multiply the impact on increasing business deal flow between China and San Francisco." states Dr. Hong Chen, Chairman & CEO of The Hina Group, recently awarded with the "Asia Pacific M&A Deal of the Year", and a ChinaSF Board member.

 

In addition to the opening of the Beijing office, the October trip with ChinaSF will feature a visit to China Sunergy, business meetings with active Chinese business leads, a demonstration of and trip aboard China's high-speed rail system, a signing ceremony in Hangzhou, and a showcase of San Francisco's Mission Bay biotech hub at the International Summit of China's Pharmaceutical Industry. ChinaSF is an official Overseas Partner for this Summit, forging relationships with major sponsors and hosts for this summit including the National Development and Reform Commission, the China Pharmaceutical Enterprises and Management Association, Institute of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, and many other key Chinese industry and government groups. The Summit will take place in Hangzhou and cap the weeklong trip by ChinaSF officials and feature a keynote presentation by Matz and presentations by leaders of San Francisco'sbiotech/life science industries.

 

With offices in Beijing, Shanghai and San Francisco, ChinaSF is a public-private initiative of the San Francisco Center for Economic Development (SFCED), in close partnership with the City of San Francisco's Office of Economic and Workforce Development (OEWD) and Assessor-Recorder Phil Ting, supported by funding from private sector partners. Its goal is to attract and retain Chinese investment and business expansion into San Francisco and the Bay Area, and to also support San Francisco Bay Area businesses in their business efforts in China.

 

Between 2008 and 2010, amidst one of the worst financial crises in history, ChinaSF successfully facilitated the expansion of over 10 companies to San Francisco, and helped a similar number of Bay Area based companies make important business connections in China. In addition to the financial investment into the Bay Area, ChinaSF's efforts have directly created over 120 jobs for the Bay Area not counting any resulting multiplier effects and benefits.

 

 

旧金山 - 加文·纽森市长今天宣布旧金山市驻华办公室新设北京办事处, 以满足中 美这两个世界最大的经济体之间不断增长的经贸往来要求。

 

"作为太平洋的门户，旧金山市驻华办公室是建立在旧金山与中国长期以来的文化和经济渊源基础之上，它通过促进中国与旧金山之间的经贸往来关系以进一步加强双方经济的共同繁荣发展，" 加文·纽森市长介绍说。"旧金山市驻华办公室在北京地区的业务开展不仅是必要的，而且是真正利用中国市场发展机会和创新成果的必然之举。"

 

方总监最近刚刚从旧金山驻华办公室的上海办事处回来，她由衷的感叹道："关系就是为真正需要的人在合适的时机做出合适的对接。我们在中国新设的第二个办事处就是我们成功，有效的建立这些经贸伙伴关系的明证。"

 

在北京，上海和旧金山都设有办公室，ChinaSF是旧金山经济发展中心旗下由政府和企业携手的一个重点项目，由旧金山市长办公室的经济和劳动力发展部和估值官丁右立给予大力的支持与紧密合作，各行业的精英企业给予资金支持。它的目标主要是吸引和留住来自中国方面对旧金山和湾区的投资与业务拓展，同时帮助旧金山湾区的企业在中国的商业发展。

 

在2008年到2010年间，也就是史上最严重的经济危机期间，旧金山市驻华办公室成功地推动了超过十家公司进驻旧金山，同时也帮助了类似数量的湾区企业在中国进行了重要的商业对接。除了为湾区带来金融投资，ChinaSF的工作成果直接为当地新增了120多个工作机会，以及由此带来的一系列对社会经济发展良好的推动影响。

 

旧金山市驻华办公室在北京办事处的开办得益于其咨询委员会成员之一的汉能集团的大力支持，这是一个中国的投资银行和投资基金的企业。我们非常高兴与旧金山市驻华办公室合作，协助他们在北京的扩展。北京是不计其数的中国企业总部之所在，同时也是中央政府的所在地，这里毫无疑问是中国经贸发展的关键地区。随着旧金山市驻华办公室在北京区域不断增长的业务关系，新设的办事处不仅是现有成

绩的体现，更是向前迈出的一大步，它将加强，甚至大大提升中国与旧金山之间经贸往来的成果及其影响。陈宏博士，汉能集团的董事长兼首席执行官这样评价道。他最近刚获得亚太地区年度并购交易大奖，他同时也是旧金山市驻华办公室的咨询委员会成员。欲知更多相关信息，请登陆www.sfced.org/international/chinasf。