Delegation exploring trade opportunities in China

DUNDEE & Angus Chamber of Commerce has participated in one of the first network-wide overseas trade missions to China, led by a delegation of the Scottish Chambers of Commerce.

President Colin Loveday and chief executive Alison Henderson joined senior representatives and business people from Aberdeen, Ayrshire, Edinburgh, Glasgow and West Lothian on the mission to explore new trading opportunities and links with business, education and government organisations.

As part of the programme, the Scottish Chambers of Commerce announced the official opening of a new international trade office in the city of Yantai. The formal opening ceremony was hosted by the Yantai’s vice mayor Madame Zhang Bo. Both parties signed a memorandum of understanding for trade engagement and partnership, designed to achieve an effective channel for exchange of business between Scotland and Yantai.

The Dundee & Angus representatives participated in productive meetings with senior business people, politicians and local government officials as well as national ‘think tanks’ bodies in Beijing and Yantai and Jinan in Shandong Province.

Alison said: “We will now undertake a deep dive of companies in Dundee and Angus who have products, skills and expertise which have the potential to be exported to Shandong Province. Our aim is to add impetus to our local and wider Scottish economy by assisting companies who have not previously thought about exporting to grasp the potential international trade offers.

“The new more open trading environment in fast growing cities, together with the practical advice and direct B2B links that Dundee & Angus Chamber now has within this market, will facilitate more effective trading partnership opportunities for our local businesses and educational institutions.”

Alison Henderson