Georgia Firms Sing Praises of China's Shandong Province
Friday, June 6th, 2014
hen the governor of China's Shandong province came to town to pitch Georgians on investment, the locals made his jobs a whole lot easier.
During a Shandong Investment Cooperation Forum at the Omni Hotel, a string of testimonials from some of Georgia’s largest companies and the state’s top salesman made it clear that Shandong, a province of nearly 100 million people with a vibrant port and a relatively open investment climate, is a crucial entry point into the Chinese market.
Leslie Griffin, United Parcel Service Inc.’s vice president for international public affairs in Washington, said she had just returned from a meeting of trade ministers from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation bloc in Qingdao, the economic hub of the province.
