On the afternoon of Nov. 16th, Briefing of Guangdong Foreign Trade Situation in 2012 was convened. Attended are Guo Yuanqiang, director of Department of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, officials from foreign embassies in Guangzhou and representatives of the foreign trade and economic cooperation system from other cities in Guangdong. Above all, Director Guo gave a briefing in four aspects about the form of foreign trade and economic cooperation of Guangdong from January to October, 2012. Firstly, Guangdong has made every effort to maintain the export and enlarge import. Secondly, Guangdong has been promoting the transformation of the pattern of foreign trade. Thirdly, Guangdong has been improving the standard of “bringing-in” and “going-out”. Lastly, Guangdong has enhanced the construction of globalized and legalized business environment. After that, Weldon Epp, Canadian consul-general in Guangzhou and Zhou Yu, general manager of Cargill (China) Investment Co., Ltd also gave their speeches. The atmosphere was active during the Q&A section due to the humorous and witty answers of Chen Yuehua, vice director of Department of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation. The two-day conferences were successfully concluded.
