On Jun 1st,
a SATDA delegation composed of SATDA's Chairman and
Vice-Chairman, Mr. Robert Goodman and Mr. Yan Bing,
and the Former Governor of California, Mr. Gray Davis
who, also, was joined by his wife and his assistant
flew to the city of Qingdao in the Shandong Province
of China to attend the 3rd Annual APEC Medium and Small
Enterprise Technology Conference and Fair. Qingdao is
a beautiful Chinese city located alongside the sea.
The Qingdao Director of Foreign Trade met the SATDA
delegation at the airport and transported them by private
limousine to the Shangri-La Hotel. That evening, the
Mayor of Qingdao, Mr. Xia Geng, met with the SATDA delegation
for a friendly discourse on the development and investment
opportunities in the city of Qingdao. The Mayor also
discussed, in brief, the goals for the upcoming APEC
conference that ran from June 2nd-June 6th, 2004. The
Mayor and our delegation all looked forward to and wished
for a successful conference, then adjourned to an APEC
dinner party.
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