Forum Chair:
David I. Matheson QC
Forum Co-Chairs:
Lenore Gibson National Chair, HKCBA
Frank Monteiro President, HKCBA Toronto
Honourary Chair:
Bassanio So Director, HKETO Canada
Honourary Advisors:
Barry Macdonald Chair, Federation of Hong Kong Business Associations Worldwide Immediate Past National Chair, HKCBA
Robert J. Armstrong President, Armstrong Trade & Logistics Advisory Services
Organizing Committee: (Toronto)
Frank Monteiro President, HKCBA Toronto
Anita Kwan Immediate Past President, HKCBA Toronto
Annie Kwok Director, HKCBA Toronto Section
Andrew Yui Honourary Director, HKCBA
Ross Cronin Cathay Pacific Airways Limited
Samantha Moulsdale Executive Director, HKCBA Toronto
Organizing Committee: (National)
David Pohl President, HKCBA Vancouver
Audrey Kwan President, HKCBA Calgary
Frankie Lee President, HKCBA Edmonton
Dale Botting HKCBA Representative, Saskatchewan
Dave Spiers President, HKCBA Winnipeg
Carmel Tse HKCBA Representative, London (Ontario)
Alison Nankivell President, HKCBA Ottawa
Josh Miller President, HKCBA Montreal
Kam Chung President, HKCBA Halifax
Mitch Kowalski National Vice Chair HKCBA
Peter Yeung National Director HKCBA
Dorothy Jean Mar National Director HKCBA
Forum Management:
Robert Brown CEO
Tel: (416) 366-2642 Fax: (416) 366-1569 Email: canhkforum07@hkcba.com bob@hkcba.com

Located along China's southeastern coast, to the west of the Taiwan Straits, the Province of Fujian has a population of 35.35 million and covers a body of land encompassing 121,400 km2, a sea area of 136,000 km2, with a coastline that extends for 3,324 km.

The province is divided into 9 administrative units centering respectively on 9 major cities, namely, Fuzhou (the provincial capital), Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Quanzhou, Sanming, Putian, Nanping, Longyen, and Ningde.

Since 1978, Fujian has sustained a high rate of economic growth. In 2005, the provincial GDP rose to RMB 656.007 billion, about 1.4 percentage points higher than the national average. Fujian has attracted investments from over 100 countries, as well as leading multinational corporations such as Wal-Mart, GE, BP, Exxon Mobile, TOYOTA, Mitsubishi, and Maersk Logistics - to name but a few.

Fujian offers a market that is extensive in its reach, strong in its purchasing power, and great in terms of its economic potential. Convenient transportation and well-developed logistics allow for the seamless integration of the market into those of the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta, and allow the province to extend its influence to Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao, Southeast Asia as well as China's central and western regions.