The Tenth Anniversary of friendship and exchange between Birmingham and Nanjing was marked by a visit from Birmingham’s partner city on 12th September 2018.  The ten strong delegation, led by the Party Secretary, Mr Zhang Jinghua, met with Council Leader Cllr Ian Ward and Bham […]

Year 2016 marks the 10th anniversary of the partnership between Birmingham and Guangzhou cities. The recent years of collaboration between Birmingham and the Chinese city have been intense, with some increasingly important academic, medical, research and business links established. During ten years of formal partnership, Guangzhou has become key city […]

Birmingham was represented on the Property and Private Wealth panel event at the China British Business Council’s ‘Outbound Investment’ conference in Beijing on the 3rd November 2015.   The conference, which targeted investors from the private and state sectors, was aimed at Chinese companies and […]

The EU-China Urbanisation Partnership Forum took place on 29 June in Brussels, on the day of the 10th EU-China Summit. The EU-China Partnership on Urbanisation is an overarching instrument brought to life to support China and the EU to improve the functioning and attractiveness of […]

The Brands of China showcase is taking place at the Autumn Fair 2014 at the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham from 7-10 September. Autumn Fair is the largest gift trade show of the season bringing together over 1,400 exhibitors and 30,000 buyers for four action-packed days of […]

An event for SMEs entering, or expanding their business in, the China market will take place at Aston Villa Football Club in Birmingham on 16 September 2014 from 9am-4pm. The forum, hosted by the China-Britain Business Council will give attendees the chance to: Explore challenges […]

Any China watcher will tell you – China officials are no longer the globe trotters they used to be. The recent crack-down on ‘graft’ and corruption’ [strong words in English but not as belligerent in the native mandarin] mean that government officials now need an […]

Great opportunity for food processing, food technology, food packaging and cleantech SMEs to go on a mission to China in early December. The West Midlands European service is organising a breakfast event to inform and promote a visit to China, targeted at SMEs representing West […]

The British Consul General to Chongqing will be visiting Birmingham next week to familiarise herself with the city’s economic landscape, trade and investment offer. However, Tina Redshaw [bio below], who took up the post at the end of last year in the Chinese mega city […]

The Chinese flag is now flying on Colmore Row following a landmark property deal by a Hangzhou based investment consortium. 130 Colmore Row, previously owned by the City Council, will be redeveloped as a multi-use site with a focus on attracting further Chinese business to […]