Invest Shanghai received a visit from a political and business delegation from the Midwestern United States and hosted a reception dinner

On September 20, the Chicago Investment Promotion Bureau organized the first high-level U.S. political and business delegation to visit Shanghai. The Shanghai Municipal Commerce Commission and the Shanghai Foreign Investment Promotion Center held a reception dinner for the delegation that night. Director Zhu Min of the Municipal Commerce Commission attended the event and delivered a speech. Deputy Director of the Municipal Commerce Commission Zhu Yi and relevant comrades from Pudong New Area attended the event. Michael Fassnacht, President of the Chicago Investment Promotion Bureau, Ni Pin, President of the Chicago Chapter of the China General Chamber of Commerce in the United States, and former U.S. Ambassador to China Max Baucus, former Kansas Governor Jeff Colyer, former Michigan Governor Rick Snyder, as well as representatives from the U.S. Midwest business community, the U.S.-China Business Council, Shanghai American Business Community and related Sino-U.S. institutions Morethan 50 people including business leaders and representatives attended the dinner. Zhu Min said that Sino-US relations are one of the most important relations between countries in the world today, and economic and trade relations are the ballast stones of Sino-US relations. Shanghai plays an important role in friendly exchanges between China and the United States. For a long time, American-funded enterprises in Shanghai have made important contributions to Shanghai's economic and social development. He introduced the situation related to Shanghai's accelerated economic recovery and utilization of foreign investment this year. He hoped that the two sides would further strengthen exchanges and communication and enhance mutual trust. He hoped that US-funded enterprises would seize new opportunities in the process of digital transformation and green and low-carbon transformation in Shanghai and the Yangtze River Delta region. It is hoped that the American side strengthen investment confidence and welcome US-funded enterprises to actively participate in the Sixth China International Import Expo. (Source: Invest in Shanghai)