Vice-Mayor Visiting Meeting
Date: 19th Nov.2009
Venue: Shenyang Municipal Government

Agenda: -Deliver chamber annual publication “the Position Paper”
-Introduce current developments of Shenyang chapter
-exchange thought and suggestions of how do WE expect Shenyang to be “internationalized” (soft Environment construction and enhancement) Attendees:

EUCCC:  

-Secretary General, Mr. Dirk Moens 

-Chair of Shenyang Chapter, Mr. Sven Kunath 

-General Manager of Shenyang Chapter,   Sierra Wang

Counterpart:

-Vice-Mayor, Mr. Yazhou Yang
-Vice-Director of Municipal Bureau of Foreign Economic &Trade Cooperation, Ms. Jianying  
-Vice-Director of Municipal Foreign Affair Office, Mr. Lixin Ma

Issues discussed:

Information Exchange & Share

-Vice-Mayor, Mr. Yazhou Yang

-appreciates the contribution of EU companies into the city;

-point out the most famous enterprises/companies in Shenyang are mainly from European (e.g. BMW, Michelin, SIMENS, Wuerth, etc.);

-hope to cooperate with European Chamber Shenyang Chapter, together to contribute to the business and investment construction of SY

-Mr. Dirk Moens
-introduces current happens within European Chamber national-wide;

-delivers Position Paper, and points a whole chapter introducing Shenyang is in the Paper for this year (and would like to continue the article for local afterward)

-appreciates the changes and improvement of Shenyang in the past five years, in both business and lifestyle levels;

-would like to see a better internationalized city

-WE would like to coordinate with the government to enhance certain elements, such as Health Care, International Schooling, or “fast window” to know the city (English magazine for example);

-reasons and facts why expats in Shenyang (not only from European companies, but also U.S. and other non-Asian foreigners) expect those improvement

-Ms. Sierra Wang
-conveys additional elements, development and plans of Shenyang chapter;

-replenishes Mr. Moens and Mr. Kunath’s topics;

-expects support from municipal government to the chamber, for maintaining and enhancing a better business environment;

-willing to coordinate, cooperate, and contribute with/to different levels of local government   

Ⅱ. Internationalized City Enhancement

Vice-Mayor

-Health Care

-Will invite all member companies of European chamber Shenyang chapter, with other foreign companies to

*tour around standard/high quality hospitals in Shenyang in JAN.

*companies suggest prefer hospitals;

*municipal government arrange and inform hospital to (re)build a international level hospital environment, and also qualifies doctor/nurse;

-Schooling

*one international school just received National License, government will follow up with this;

-Living

*would like Shenyang chapter to collect common feedbacks from member companies

*will cooperate with Real Estate to build up

-Windows to know Shenyang

-agree with Chamber’s English Magazine Proposal,

-asked municipal foreign affair office coordinating with Chamber to operate -Mr. Kunath and Ms. Wang-Health Care-Coordinate with Government to invite chamber member General Managers for the hospital tour-Living-get back to Mr. Yang with the common living expectation from chamber members;-Windows to know Shenyang -follow up with the English Magazine Proposal with foreign government affair office;-share and contribute to the magazine project launch

Ⅲ. Appointment

Dinner with Vice-Mayor

-Vice-Mayor INVITE European Chamber Shenyang Chapter members a dinner around 10th Dec.

-Ms. Wang organize

European-Shenyang Summit

-European Chamber coordinate with Municipal Government (next year)

-Invite member companies of European Chamber investigating regional business environment

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