Please see detailed information at: http://sabpa.org/web/news_details.php?ID=279

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When: August 8, 2010, 4:30 – 7:30 pm

Where: San Diego Marriott Del Mar, 11966 El Camino Real, San Diego , 92130

Registration: http://www.sabpa.org/web/reg_2010_ChangZhou.php

Registration is required and seats are limited. First come, first serve. Please register before noon, August 6, 2010.

Who should attend: Investors and entrepreneurs looking for opportunities in China .

Changzhou delegation led by Party Secretary Yanqing Fan will introduce Changzhou city, its policies to attract enterprises, investors and entrepreneurs, and the success stories. A specific introduction for Changzhou Biomedical Incubator will be presented. Delegates include government officers in charge of business, science & tech, human resources and foreign affairs, and General Managers of Changzhou Fangyuan Pharmaceutical Company and Changzhou Broadcast and Television Develop Company.

Changzhou is located in the center of the Yangtze River Delta and the southern part of Jiangsu Province . It's at halfway between Shanghai and Nanjing . With Suzhou and Wuxi as its neighbors, the three cities form the Suzhou-Wuxi-Changzhou Area, which is the most developed area in Jiangsu Province .

Changzhou is noted for its economic and cultural prosperity and social development. In 2009, Changzhou 's GDP reached USD 37.05 billion. Changzhou ranks No.11 among Forbes the Best Commercial Cities in China in 2009, and ranks No.7 in the Nationwide Innovation Environment Campaign among the cities in China .

There are more than 5,500 foreign companies in Changzhou . Among them, 46 Fortune 500 companies are included.

Changzhou boasts an excellent education system and scientific research institutes, enjoys the reputation of “the ancient community of scholarship and modern metropolis of innovation”.