Scottish Chambers of Commerce hosted an Exclusive B2B Audience with His Excellency, Ambassador Liu Xiaoming, China’s Ambassador to the UK to talk about business connectivity, opportunities overseas and building relationships between Scotland and China.
In December 2019, Scottish Chambers of Commerce hosted an Audience with His Excellency, Ambassador Liu Xiaoming, China’s Ambassador to the UK. Taking place at Whitespace, Edinburgh, representatives from the engineering, retail and wholesaling, education and financial services sectors gathered for an afternoon of business to business networking and an opportunity to hear from His Excellency, Ambassador Liu Xiaoming, China’s Ambassador to the UK.
Scottish Chambers of Commerce President Tim Allan opened the event highlighting the opportunities available for Scottish businesses before introducing His Excellency who spoke about the many routes to overseas markets mentioning specifically Scottish Chambers of Commerce, the China Britain Business Council and Valentine International Business Connections.
The Ambassador then went on to commend the increasingly close cultural exchanges between China and Scotland which, as a result of, has seen the number of Chinese tourists visiting the UK more than double within the last five years.
Across Scotland, there are five Confucius Institutes and 44 Confucius Classroom meaning there are more than 40,000 students learning the Chinese language. In proportion to its population, Scotland has more Confucius Institutes and Classrooms than any other parts of the world.
Commending the number of people in Scotland looking to understand the Chinese language and culture, Ambassador Liu Xiaoming said: “There is enormous potential and a promising prospect for the mutually-beneficial cooperation between China and Scotland.
It is my hope that the business leaders present today will seize the opportunities and explore new ways for cooperation. Together we will open up new prospects for China-Scotland cooperation and take the China-Scotland relationship to a higher level.”
Ambassador Liu Xiaoming then took questions directly from the audience on a wide range of topics including how to make lasting connections and the importance of business to business networking as well as the latest political developments in Hong Kong.
Scottish Chambers of Commerce Network is working in partnership with the Scottish Government to boost Scotland’s exporting performance. As part of our partnership, the Chamber Network in Scotland is expanding its international trade services and direct support to the Scottish business community and as a result are developing a range of Trade Missions for Scottish companies including visits to China, India and America. If you are looking to learn more about exporting, access new markets and are ready to take your product/service out to international markets, get in touch: call us on 0141-444-7500 or email international@scottishchambers.org.uk.
