There’s been a renewed interest in the city in ensuring that Birmingham is doing all it can to get it’s fair share of Chinese ‘investment’ in to the city. The perceived tidal wave of China cash coming in to the UK is passing Birmingham by […]

With Prime Minister Theresa May visiting China this week for the G20 summit, the spotlight has fallen on the big potential for Chinese investment in major UK projects. Council leader Cllr John Clancy is on a week-long trade mission to China and Hong Kong, where […]

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 […]

Date: 5 November 2015, 10:00 – 13:00 Location: Heritage Motor Centre Banbury Road Gaydon Warwickshire CV35 OBJ This event will explore the UK-US trade and investment dimension in the automotive sector and the changes and benefits a transatlantic trade and investment partnership agreement could bring for business. […]

A visit to China by anyone perceived to be from UK officialdom usually involves rounds of intense, lengthy, and, sometimes, perplexing meetings. They’re always interesting, a constant balance of diplomacy and business and the real interpretation work to be done is not in the difference […]

  Aston Villa Football Club and Birmingham City Council are working together to help raise the club’s profile in China, starting with our sister city of Guangzhou. The city, which we have had formal relations with since 2007, is home to not only many millions […]

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 […]

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 […]

Trade & Export With 500 million potential customers, the EU represents the world’s largest economic zone. In the decade from 2003 to 2013 half of all West Midlands export value went to EU member countries (source: HMRC UK Trade Statistics).   Inward investment Birmingham has attracted more […]

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 […]