Economic mission to China

From November 26th to November 30th Guillaume and Stephanie will be on an economic mission to China.

Luxembourg for Business informs us that the couple, alongside the rest of the participants to the mission,  have left on their way to China on 23rd November. I guess the reason to fly this early for the start of the mission on Monday is to make sure that they have plenty of time to deal with any disagreements. Some of you may remember that Guillaume was on a four day economic mission to China in October 2011, but arrived a day late due to technical problems on his Lufthansa flight. I guess they deal well with lessons learnt in Luxembourg! Besides, with this one being Stéphanie's first major activity and her first trip abroad, they surely wanted things to be spot on.


Why an economic mission: to establish new business opportunities, as well as to cement trade relations at the level of bilateral business contacts between companies in the two countries. This year marks the 40th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Luxembourg and China.

The official delegation: it consists of several representatives of the Ministry of the Economy and Foreign Trade, the Chambre de Commerce as well as the Luxembourg Ambassador to China, Carlo Krieger, and the Consul General of Luxembourg, Nicolas Mackel in Shanghai. In addition, various business organisations including FEDIL, Luxinnovation, are also participating, along with a large business delegation representing around 30 different companies across a range of business sectors.

The visited cities: The trade mission will visit Beijing and Tianjin in the north-east of the country, Chongqing in the centre of China, as well as Shanghai and Suzhou which are located close to each other on the eastern seaboard.