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sident?? Message 浼???磋?

Dear Members, 灏????????

Once again, I am writing to you ?ㄦ?锛????????浣??缁??骞村害??2021骞村???
to present another addition to our annual Special ?板?缁??????瑰??ュ??????澶?釜?归????锛?2020骞?
Report on the State of Business in South China. In 浠や汉澶辨?锛??浠や汉?惧????浠??璁″?灏?腑缇??浜??绗?
many ways, 2020 was a disappointing year that 涓??娈电?璋??杩??浣?负??功??富棰????????????
will long be remembered. We had anticipated the ???锛?????绯诲?涓ラ????锛????贡浜??浠???????
underlining theme of this year?? book to be one of 濂????澶?汉??け???浜插?????茬?涔??锛??瑕??瀵圭?
progress on a Phase II if not Phase III deal between ???涓?????????汇??
the US and China. Instead, we had to face the
undisputable consequences of COVID-19. Many of ???淇★????2021骞寸??版?锛?????澶??煎???滑
us tragically lost loved ones and friends. We also had ??豹???????????浠??杩??娆＄??撅????宕?捣锛??
to deal with the repercussions to our businesses as 濡???版?妲????浠??蹇?????浜?几?存?锛??????恒??腑
we continued to grieve. ?芥?涓洪?涓???板?宸ュ?浜х??藉?锛????????涓?敖
???杈????濡??涓轰?璁╀????涓??涓荤?浠ュ??介?瀛??
I believe that there is much to be proud of as ??????????汉??敖?╁??颁腑?斤???滑?ㄥ????骞?
we enter 2021. Like a phoenix, we have risen again 涓????????澶?????瀹ょ??垮??ㄩ???伐浣?????讹?
from what may have been certain catastrophic 瑕??韬??浠????汉???杩?腑?姐???褰?伐浣??浣?苟涓?
circumstances. We made it through together by 瀹规?锛????滑???浜???敖绠″ぇ瀹堕?韬???板?锛?????
helping each other. China was the first country to get ?藉?浼?????????扮?涓??????伴????璧??灏??
back to business, but it was not easy. For example, we ?????瑕??浜烘?涓????负??滑娣辩?锛?础??ぞ?哄????
worked feverishly with government officials and other 浼????
institutions such as the Guangdong Department
of Commerce and Foreign Affairs Office (FAO) for a ??缁????滑???????充?浼????????璐＄????
speedy return of our member company executives as ???????????????缇???????????????????
well as teachers and administrators of international 2020骞?2??腑??凡???浜?3800涓??????伴???环??
schools back to China. Our challenge was getting 105涓??????╄?锛??浜???╂????姹???跺???瑕?府
people back to work, and we succeeded. Although ?╃??板???
we were all hurting, AmCham South China also was
able to raise millions of dollars in cash and supplies 2020骞存???????缁??????惧勾涓?????插?锛?
for those in need for we understand that doing what 浜х?浜?繁杩?箍娉??褰卞????浠ヤ骇?烘?婚?琛￠?锛?????
is best for our community is good for our businesses. 娴? 姝? ?? 娓? 浠? 琛? ?? 涓? 澶? ?? ??? ?? 7 7 浜? 浜? 涓??涔? 璁? 娌? ??
涓?汉?剧????杩??绋?害??“????????涓??灏????
Ultimately, our success depends on the hard 2021骞寸?缁??澶??????板????甯?????瀹?奖???
work and contributions of our membership. At the ?冲?????板勾???????胯??裤???浜?奖???宸叉??般??
onset of COVID-19 AmCham South China members ?哄?浜哄?杩??姝ュ?浠ｅ伐??????宀??锛??棰?滑浼??
were quick to jump into action and by mid-February,
2020 had already donated US$38 million in cash and
1.05 million US dollars in-kind to aid Wuhan, Hubei,
and other areas in need.

Economic shocks like the coronavirus pandemic
of 2020 only arrive once every few generations, and
they bring about permanent and far-reaching change.
Measured by output, the world economy is well on the
way to recovery from a slump the likes of which barely

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