On December 15, the establishment ceremony of the Working Committee on Foreign-Invested Enterprises of the China Chamber of International Commerce (CCOIC) was held in Beijing during the CCOIC Council Meeting. Ren Hongbin, Chairman of both the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) and the CCOIC, attended and addressed the event.
Ren Hongbin said that the establishment of the Working Committee on Foreign-Invested Enterprises aims to further leverage the strengths of a large number of foreign enterprises as the CCOIC’s members and the close ties between the CCOIC and foreign-funded enterprises, form a work pattern featuring synergy and effective coordination with the CCPIT’s task force serving foreign-invested enterprises, and better provide foreign enterprises with specialized and meticulous services. Looking ahead, the Committee will play its role, strengthen regular exchanges and communication with foreign-invested enterprises and foreign chambers of commerce in China, promptly address legitimate demands of foreign enterprises, organize more project matchmaking and investigation activities, and facilitate the completion of high-quality foreign-invested projects.
At the ceremony, Sun Xiao, Secretary-General of the CCOIC, introduced essential details about the Committee. The initial cohort of members comprised 70 enterprises, namely, one chairman enterprise, eight vice-chairman enterprises, and 61 member enterprises. Yu Feng, President of Honeywell China, and Pei Jinlin, Vice President of SAP (System Analysis Program Development) Greater China, delivered speeches on behalf of the chairman and vice-chairman enterprises respectively.
Representatives from over 80 foreign-invested enterprises in China attended the ceremony, including those from the Samsung (China) Investment Co., Ltd., the Louis Dreyfus Company (China) Trading Company Limited, the Qualcomm Wireless Communication Technologies (China) Co., Ltd., the Rio Tinto Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., and the Cargill Investments (China) Co., Ltd.
