During his very successful visit to Gansu Province in early June 2004, Mayor Garry Moore made a commitment to there being a Christchurch presence at the Lanzhou Trade and Investment Fair, 26-29 August 2004. Lanzhou is the capital city of Gansu Province.
Three people will represent Christchurch. Bill Studholme, who was part of the Mayor’s June visit, and who is chair of the Christchurch-Gansu Friendly Relations committee, Jill Taiaroa, Business Support Officer with the Canterbury Development Corporation and Dave Adamson of the Christchurch City Council’s International Relations team will spend five days in Lanzhou. As well as attending the fair, they will have meetings with people in the business and educational sectors, provincial and city officials, visit several schools and have site visits to water conservation projects and other matters.
See Bill Studholme's report of the visit to Gansu in June 2004...
Bill Studholme, Chairman, Christchurch-Gansu Friendly Relations Committee presents a photographic book of Canterbury to Mr Su Rong, recently appointed Chairman of the Gansu Provincial People’s Congress.
Mayor Garry Moore led a 47 strong education and business delegation to Wuhan, in Hubei Province on 9 June. From there the Mayor, Mayoress, Chair of the Christchurch-Gansu Friendly Relations Committee, with three other officials will travel on to Gansu Province on 20 June to celebrate the 20 th anniversary of the relationship and investigate business opportunities, specifically regarding the Gansu Trade Fair which will be held in August.
This follows the recent visit of Mr Su Rong, recently appointed Chairman of the Gansu Provincial People's Congress to Christchurch on 4 and 5 June, as head of a six member delegation. As the party chairman for the province, he is the most senior official in Gansu Province, which has a population of 26m.
On Friday 4 June he had a courtesy visit with Mayor Garry Moore, visited the Christchurch Art Gallery and the Canterbury Museum, followed by a welcome banquet in the evening. On the Saturday morning he had a meeting with members of the Christchurch-Gansu Friendly Relations committee, during which time business opportunities were discussed.