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sident?? Message 浼???磋?

Dear Members, 灏????????

The American Chamber ???缇?????锛??绠?绉扳??????????辫??ㄥ???】
of Commerce in South China ?瑰?????藉??藉?浼?????浜?1995骞存?绔?????????
(AmCham South China) was ??????涓??绔??????烘?锛??浼????妇?虹????
accredited by the US Chamber of 浼??琛??????????????藉?浼???ュ????椤跨???
Commerce in Washington, D.C., in 1995. AmCham South ????藉??藉?浼??琛???ワ?涓???跺?浜?腑?藉????
China is an independent business association. AmCham 浠讳??烘????????藉?浼?唬琛ㄦ?涓??2300澶??浼??
South China is governed by a Board of Governors elected ??釜浜轰???????涓?锤???????婚????40%?????
from among its members. It does not report to any other 缇?????娑电?骞夸???捣?????寤哄?骞胯タ澹????不?恒??
chamber in China and has no parent organization in China. 骞垮?????介??婚????璁?腑蹇????????藉?浼??娣?
The American Chamber of Commerce in South China ?炽????ㄣ???宸???『寰峰?璁炬????澶???
represents over 2,300 members with investments in China
which account for nearly 40% of all US-China business, trade ?????滑???浼??1995骞村?骞垮????浠ユ?锛??
and investments. It focuses on provinces of Guangdong, ???宸茬????涓惧?浜???炬?淇??璐告???椿????ㄥ?
Hainan and Fujian and the Guangxi Autonomous Region. ????轰?????板?浜跨????????????釜???缁??
The national headquarters and conference center of 灞??椤圭???????涓??翠互?ヨ疮褰绘?琛??澧????画???
AmCham South China are based in Guangzhou City, ??」???骞跺饱琛????楂?按骞崇?浼??绀句?璐ｄ换???骞存?锛?
Guangdong Province. AmCham South China operates ??滑???浼??骞垮?甯?????骞垮?姘???ㄩ???箍宸??濂?
offices in Shenzhen, Xiamen, Fuzhou and Shunde. ?跨??荤?涓?????锛?负绛归????璧??????╂??╄???
???????????宸茬?浜??浠?传?颁汉???瀛ゅ???揣?ユ?
Since our Chamber?? establishment in Guangzhou in ?存???垂?ㄣ???杩?????骞翠腑锛??浠?凡缁?????瓒??
1995, our Chamber has held hundreds of investment 5,172,000??汉姘????????骞舵????221????跨???
promotion events resulting in several hundred billion ?姐???浠??绛归?浜?环??12,945,811??汉姘?????璧??
US dollars in investments and several thousand ???涓??浠?????锛?凡甯?????璐????????涓?传??
sustainable projects in South China. Our Chamber has ????辫传???浜????」??????浜?法澶х???????濮?
always delivered environmentally sustainable projects 缁??淇★????浜??浼?负??ぉ甯??甯??锛????浠?????
and has exercised the highest level of corporate 杩??姝㈣?浜????杩???????瑕???虹?????????娆鹃?
social responsibility. For many years, our Chamber, in ?存????缁??涓????勾?洪?浼?????浠??澶???????
partnership with the Guangzhou FAO, Guangzhou Civil
Affairs Office, and the Guangzhou Women and Children?? ?规???滑??勾搴??????2021骞村?????虹?娴??
Medical Center has worked hard to raise charitable funds ?电?????????骞垮?杩?画??勾琚??涓轰腑?芥???????
and in-kind donations. The cash raised has been used 璧??甯????姝わ??ㄣ??2021骞村箍宸??娴???电????????
to pay for immediate lifesaving surgeries for poor and 涓????滑瀵瑰箍宸??娴???佃?琛??????ㄩ???????浠?
orphaned children. In the past ten years we have raised ?㈣?浼????ソ浜??搴у?婊℃椿?????????????
over 5,172,000 RMB in cash that literally saved the lives
of 226 orphaned children who otherwise would not be 2??26?ワ????缇?????涓惧??躲??2021骞翠腑?借?
alive today. We have also raised 12,945,811 RMB in in- ???澧????功?????2021骞村?????虹?娴???电????
kind donations which, together with investments we ?????甯?????杩?400浜哄?涓??娆″?甯??锛??涓?????
have introduced, have helped raise four impoverished 搴???????涓??绠″?浼??濯????50浣??椹荤?棰??涔??
villages and tens of thousands of poor villagers above 涓??娆″?甯??锛??涓?ぇ?ㄥ??卞?????婚?浜?唬琛ㄥ?
the poverty line. Our philanthropic program has been
wildly successful. I always believe that charity brings
hope for tomorrow and we can always do more. I need to
point out that all of the money which was donated was
given directly to the China Youth Foundation and never
touched by our Chamber.

For the fourth consecutive year, our annual study, the
2021 Special Report on the State of Business in South
China shows Guangzhou ranked as the top preferred
destination for investments in China. We have therefore,

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