REMINDER: Great Lakes Governors, Chinese Officials to Launch More Than $10 Billion in Economic Partnerships
May 14, 2007
WHO: — Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle — Madame Ma Xiuhong, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Commerce, People’s Republic of China — Minnesota Lieutenant Gov. Carol Molnau — Ohio Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher — Illinois Deputy Gov. Sheila Nix — Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita — Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth Pedro A. Cortes — Companies expected to participate include: – Motorola – Dow Chemical Company – Alcatel-Lucent – GE Aviation – Nortel Networks – Oracle Software Systems Co., Ltd. – IBM Global Services – Hewlett Packard Development Company – Cisco Systems, Inc. – Analog Devices Corporation – Corning Cable Systems, Inc. – Emerson Electric Company – Honeywell Inc. – Sun Microsystems – EMC Computer Systems — Government and business leaders from the Great Lakes States and the People’s Republic of China WHAT: The Forum on Chinese Trade and Investment in the Great Lakes Region. More than 200 government and business leaders from the United States and the People’s Republic of China will meet in Chicago to sign major, new U.S.-sourced purchase agreements and explore additional opportunities for new Chinese investment in the Great Lakes region. WHEN: Monday, May 14, 2007 1 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. CDT press conference followed by agreement signing from 1:30 p.m. – 2:10 p.m. CDT. WHERE: Empire Room, 7th Floor — InterContinental Chicago 505 North Michigan Ave., Chicago, Illinois 60611 312-944-4100
* Participating media will need valid press credentials. To register at no charge, call Lisa Wojnarowski at 312-407-0177. For more information on the Council of Great Lakes Governors or the Council’s International Trade Offices, please visit www.cglg.org.
Contact: John Foyer 219-308-0293 jfoyer@mww.com David Naftzger 847-863-1679 dnaftzger@cglg.org
SOURCE: Council of Great Lakes Governors