| Georgians Make China
Contacts during Global CEO Summit |
| (November 29, 2005) Global Atlanta
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group of eight Georgia business people made contacts with Chinese
professionals during a recent Global CEO Summit in Hangzhou, China,
C. Donald Johnson, director of the University of Georgia School of
Law?s Dean Rusk Center - International, Comparative and Legal Studies,
told GlobalAtlanta.
Mr. Johnson, who served as chief U.S. textile negotiator during China?s
entrance into the World Trade Organization, also attended the Oct.
15-18 conference, where he gave a speech on U.S.-China trade relations.
?This was an excellent opportunity to foster business relationships
in China,? Mr. Johnson said of the trip, noting that the eight Georgians
represented offered a ?significant contingent? to the some 30 U.S.
professionals attending the conference.
The conference, which was organized by the Chinese chapter of the
New York-based CEO Club, matched business professionals from the U.S.
and the U.K. with Chinese professionals working in similar industries.
And Georgia?s representation to the summit was headed-up by Rongrong
Liu, executive director of the Georgia-China Alliance, a year-old,
non-profit organization that works to increase business ties between
Georgia and China.
The alliance took three new visitors to the country who included Andrew
J. Harris, director of government relations for the Georgia Institute
of Technology and William Roy, partner with Roswell-based Psichometrics
LLC, which offers online business assessments to human resource companies
worldwide.
Frank Murphy, director of Phenix Direct LLC, an Alpharetta-based consulting
company that helps to improve businesses? operating efficiency, was
also on his first trip to the country, accompanied by Phenix Direct
CEO Walt Greer.
Representatives to the summit who had already worked in China were
Ira Phillips, CEO of Atlanta- and Shanghai-based consulting firm Twin
Gates Trading Inc.; Howard J. Hunt, director of Treasure Bay Holdings
Ltd., who has worked on real estate projects in more than 10 countries
and Ms. Liu, who is a native of Beijing.
Mr. Johnson, who is also a founding board member of the alliance and
has worked with China since 1998, met the group in Hangzhou. ?This
really showed what the organization can do,? Mr. Johnson said of the
alliance?s first organized trip to the country.
While another trip is not on the docket in the near future, the alliance
is co-sponsoring a seminar with the American Electronics Association
entitled ?Outsourcing to China, the Possibilities Abound,? for Thursday,
Dec. 8. The group is also planning a logistics seminar with the Hong
Kong Information Center in January.
For more information about the alliance, visit www.georgiachina.com,
or contact Ms. Liu at rong@georgiachina.com.
Source: Nema Etheridge for GlobalAtlanta |
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