CCCIC, APF Canada Announce Canada-China Investment Summit 2012

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Oct. 2, 2012) - The Canada China Chamber of Industry and Commerce (CCCIC) and the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (APF Canada) announced details of the upcoming Canada-China Investment Summit 2012 to be hosted in Vancouver, BC on October 8-9, 2012.

This Summit, co-organized by CCCIC and APF Canada and hosted by the Dawa Business Group of Canada and Canada Jiazhong Investment Development Foundation, was formally launched at a press conference held at the Sheraton Hotel in Richmond, BC.

The event will bring together private sector leaders from China and Canada, as well as policymakers to provide timely information on the investment environment in Canada, with a special focus on Western provinces. The summit is targeted to help private sector businesses from China better understand the context of investing in Canada. It will offer networking opportunities for Chinese investments to meet with potential Canadian partners to explore business opportunities in Canada.

The main program, open to the public, on Tuesday, October 9 is as follows:

• Investment Exhibition, 10:00am - 5:00pm, Vancouver Convention Centre, West Building
• Business Forum, 12:00noon - 5:45pm, Vancouver Convention Centre, West Building
  (Keynote speaker: Honourable Christy Clark, Premier of British Columbia)

For more information about the event, visit http://www.ccis-v.com/en-index.html

Media are invited to attend the business forum.

About CCCIC

The Canada China Chamber of Industry and Commerce is legally registered non-profit organization in BC, Canada. The Association aims to promote exchanges and cooperation between the entrepreneurs and their businesses in Canada and China; to assist its members to establish and develop their businesses in Canada; in particular, to provide services helping its members of the business immigrants to Canada explore new business opportunities in Canada.

About APF Canada

The Asia Pacific Foundation is an independent resource for Canadians on contemporary Asia and Canada-Asia relations. As a national not-for-profit organization established by an Act of the Federal Parliament in 1984, the Foundation brings together people and knowledge to provide the most current and comprehensive research, analysis and information on Asia and on Canada's transpacific relations. The Foundation is funded principally through an endowment from the Government of Canada and by corporate and individual donors.

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