Press Release

For Immediate Release

Sep 4, 2024
For additional information, please contact:
Ms. Charlene Chen
Deputy Director of Events, Media and Communications
The American Chamber of Commerce in South China
Tel: 86-20-8335-1476 ext. 33
E-mail: cchen@amcham-southchina.org

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AmCham South China Officially Launches the Shenzhen Qianhai Service and Meeting Center

SHENZHEN, CHINA – September 4, 2024 – The American Chamber of Commerce in South China (AmCham South China) today officially launched the Shenzhen Qianhai Service and Meeting Center. The opening ceremony was attended by nearly 200 government officials, business executives and members of media including over 10 foreign consulates mostly represented by their consuls general. The ceremony also featured a special welcome reception for Ms. Pauline Kao, Consul General of the US Consulate General in Guangzhou.

The American Chamber of Commerce in South China is an independent non-partisan, non-profit business organization, accredited in 1995 by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington D.C. In addition to its national headquarters in Guangzhou, AmCham South China serves Guangdong, Fujian, Hainan, Guizhou, Yunnan provinces, as well as Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region through its offices in Shenzhen, Shunde, Xiamen and Fuzhou. AmCham South China is dedicated to facilitating bilateral trade between the United States and the People’s Republic of China, providing its over 2,300 members with insights into the Chinese market, and advocating for their needs and interests to the Chinese government. The Shenzhen Qianhai Service and Meeting Center is set to provide American and multinational companies investing and operating in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) with a more convenient and efficient platform for business services and interactions. The center is also expected to bolster collaboration within the business community in South China.

Dr. Harley Seyedin, Chairman and President of AmCham South China, winner of 2017 Oslo Business for Peace Award (together with Elon Musk, Durreen Shahnaz and Murad Al-Katib), which is awarded by an Award Committee of Nobel Laureates in Peace and Economics, underscored China’s tremendous market potential and investment opportunities as the second largest economy in the world. He highlighted Qianhai as a crucial window and an experimental field for China’s Reform and Opening-up policy and one of the key drivers for the high-quality development of the Greater Bay Area. “Shenzhen Qianhai is not only strategically located but also benefits from favorable policies that have attracted numerous international enterprises to grow and prosper here. Through the meeting and service center, we will continue to help our members seize the opportunities presented by the GBA and China’s opening up and economic development, so as to achieve mutually beneficial growth,” Dr. Seyedin said.

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About the American Chamber of Commerce in South China

The American Chamber of Commerce in South China (AmCham South China) is a non-partisan, non-profit organization dedicated to facilitating bilateral trade between the United States and the People’s Republic of China. Accredited in 1995 by the US Chamber of Commerce in Washington DC, AmCham South China represents more than 2,300 corporate and individual members, is governed by a fully-independent Board of Governors elected from its membership, and provides dynamic, on-the-ground support for American and international companies doing business in South China. Over the past decade, AmCham South China has hosted on average each year more than 10,000 business executives and government leaders from around the world at its briefings, seminars, committee meetings and social gatherings. All AmChams in China are independently governed and represent member companies in their respective regions.

For more information about AmCham South China, please visit www.amcham-southchina.com

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