{"id":63313,"date":"2015-10-27T13:54:04","date_gmt":"2015-10-27T13:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=86c6b699b40d0535f08841e073f2ec47"},"modified":"2015-10-27T13:54:04","modified_gmt":"2015-10-27T13:54:04","slug":"news-story-uk-china-business-matchmaking-event-builds-connections-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=63313","title":{"rendered":"News story: UK-China business matchmaking event builds connections in China"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p><abbr title=\"UK Trade and Investment\">UKTI<\/abbr> and the <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bankofchina.com\/uk\/\">Bank of China<\/a>, Britain\u2019s longest established Chinese bank, hosted a successful business matchmaking event in Manchester during the state visit of President Xi Jinping on 23 October 2015.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"opportunities-in-china\">Opportunities in China<\/h2>\n<p>Michael Charlton, Minister Counsellor and Acting Director-General, <abbr title=\"UK Trade and Investment\">UKTI<\/abbr> China, said: <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">China is a huge and expanding market for UK businesses. UK exports have increased by over 37% in the last 2 years and we are determined for that figure to increase.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The sectors targeted for the event included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>food and drink<\/li>\n<li>healthcare and medical<\/li>\n<li>retail and consumer products<\/li>\n<li>clothing, footwear and fashion<\/li>\n<li>aerospace, automotive, advanced engineering<\/li>\n<li>renewable energy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p>Read <abbr title=\"UK Trade and Investment\">UKTI<\/abbr>\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/exporting-to-china\">Exporting to China<\/a> guide for more information on opportunities, and doing business in China.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"manchester-sme-event\">Manchester SME event<\/h2>\n<p>The Small and Medium Enterprises (<abbr title=\"Small and Medium Enterprises\">SMEs<\/abbr>) matchmaking event brought together 100 <abbr title=\"Small and Medium Enterprises\">SMEs<\/abbr> from across China to the UK to be business \u2018match-made\u2019 to <abbr title=\"Small and Medium Enterprises\">SMEs<\/abbr> from across the UK.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Charlton said: <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">This match-making event is an excellent opportunity for UK and Chinese businesses to share industry insights, discuss market developments, break down trade barriers and develop relationships.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The companies benefited from being able to meet face to face in order to explore doing business together. The meetings were arranged beforehand thanks to a business matchmaking exercise carried out by <abbr title=\"UK Trade and Investment\">UKTI<\/abbr>, <abbr title=\"China Britain Business Council\">CBBC<\/abbr> and the Bank of China. <\/p>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p>Find out more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/collections\/uk-trade-and-investment-services-for-exporters\"><abbr title=\"UK Trade and Investment\">UKTI<\/abbr> international trade services<\/a> for UK companies looking to, or already exporting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Successful UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) event in Manchester helps UK companies explore export opportunities with Chinese companies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63313"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63313"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63313\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}