Dear Joe:

I called you this morning and left message re. our Guangdong VIP delegation visiting Milwaukee city council community and economic development committee and schedule a meeting with you on Jun.28/ Thu. morning.

My name is Annie Yuan from the 21st Century Institute Based in Chicago, we are a non-profit organization that promotes exchange programs between China and U.S. in the areas of culture, education, human resources management, and others.

For the past two decades, we have successfully hosted hundreds of Chinese Government or education Delegations. You can visit our website at for more information.

In Jun., our Guangdong VIP delegation will be coming to Chicago for attending the program in University of Chicago, and then visiting the related government agencies and industry associations for the information and knowledge exchange. Members in this delegation are very high level government officials including many mayors from different cities in Guangdong province.

Hereby is some detailed information:
36 members in Guangdong VIP delegation, name list with title is attached, for your reference.
Visiting time: Jun.28/ Thu.

Topics focus:
1) History and overview of City economic transactions from traditional manufacturing industry to service industry in past 30 years or so.
2) Introduction of Emerging Business Enterprise Program, what's the government function to help with the business management.

3) Overview of land use planning in Milwaukee.

4) During the economic transaction, how to retain traditional manufacturing as an important sector of the regional economy, background on the development of a large central city industrial park, the Menomonee Valley Industrial Center, and then group tour on a short tour of the industrial park.

5) Potential business relations in the future.

Case Study: Harley - Davison Motor manufactory. / We will be planning to visit Harley-Davison as well.

Above are topics our delegation members interested in, and we can definitely finalize them with you afterwards.

Please kindly indicate if you have other suggestion over the speech/ presentation topics.

We truly believe that this is a very good opportunity and benefit tremendously for City of Milwaukee and Guangdong VIP delegation.

Hereby is some brief information for Guangdong Province in China:

Guangdong, a province on the southern coast of People's Republic of China and directly next to Hong Kong, is one of China's most prosperous provinces. With a population of 79 million, it is ranked the third larges t province and its GDP has topped provincial rankings since 1989.Guangdong province has the third highest GDP per capita in China and contributes 12% of China's national economic output. It is the home to production facilities and offices of a wide-ranging set of multinational and Chinese corporations.

Since Chinese government's open door policy in 1978, Guangdong was the first province to implement reforms following the advent of China's open door policy in 1978 and its access to the ports, proximity to Hong Kong, and historical links to overseas Chinese has contributed to its economic development. Its economy is currently dominated by manufacturing and export. Its economic growth, as elsewhere in China, has been based on labor intensive manufacturing that is characterized by high consumption of energy, low value-added products, contributing to a high level of environmental degradation. Guangdong province is now looking to transition from a manufacturing-based economy to a service-based economy, as exemplified by most developed economies.

Please let me know if you have any questions, and I'll be looking forward to hearing from you.

Thank you,

Annie Yuan
Program Manager

The 21st Century Institute
美国二十一世纪学会
1000 Jorie Blvd, Suite 21
Oak Brook, IL 60523

Tel: 630-574-2121
Fax: 630-574-2221
Email/ MSN: tci21annie@hotmail.com
Website: www.tci21.org