French Trade Minister Bricq to EuroFora: 1st Visit to China planned for January 2013

 
*Strasbourg/Region Alsace/Angelo Marcopolo/- New French Minister for Foreign Trade, Nicole Bricq, replying to "EuroFora"s questions during her 1st visit in Strasbourg, revealed that she's due to Visit China from January 2013, i.e. well in advance of new French President Hollande's planned trip to Beijing, where he has been invited by the recently elected new Chinese Leader, CPC's Secretary General, Xi Jiping (comp. "EuroFora"s previous NewsReport : http://www.eurofora.net/newsflashes/news/chinajinpingandcoe.html ), who is generally expected to succeed to Hu Jintao as new President of China on March 2013.

 - "I plan to visit China before (President) Hollande, since January", French Foreign Trade Minister Bricq anounced, smiling, to "EuroFora", speaking in Strasbourg just one Day before EU Parliament's plenay debates and votes on one among several concrete Trade issues between EU and Beijing.

+ Topically, Bricq had recently send an interesting Press Invitation to "EuroFora" on a special Debate about how to develop France - China Trade, at the Ministry of Economy in Paris' "Quai de Bercy",  with the participation of key Government Officials, University Experts,  ans Strategic big Businesses' CEOs, (including even on Digital High-Tech, etc), as well as the President of the Group for Franco-Chinese Friendsh in the National Assembly, MP Jean-Marie Guen,  which covered a comprehensive spectrum of issues, from Market access, to Investment, Intellectual Property, Competition,  up to Business Practices, etc.

The French Minister spoke to "EuroFora" at the conclusion of her visit to Strasbourg's Region "Alsace"' President, Philippe Richert, where she met with several Economic Actors, (including Alsace Region Economic Committee's Chairman, former Minister Christian Loos), and accompagnied by Strasbourg's Mayor, Senator Ries, before making Fast-track symbolic visits also to 2 performant SME's which realize more than 20% of their turnover in Export.

Questioned by "EuroFora" also on Strasbourg Region, Alsace's contribution in Trade with China, Nicole Bricq positively replied that she believes that it has a good potential, while she has already declared earlier that she believes, also in general, in Regions' dynamism on Foreign Trade.

In addition to its famous ..."Gastronomic" know-how, Strasbourg Region Alsace, which was one of the few French Regions to have been fully and actively present in Shanghai's International Exhibition, with an independent, fully-equiped, High-Tech Ecological Building with an Original Architecture, back on 2010, (See relevant, Previous "EuroFora"s NewsReport :http://www.eurofora.net/newsflashes/news/shangai.html), has also various other interesting, potential sectors for Trade a.o. Economic  cooperation with China, including on "Smart", Energy-Efficient, Economic Buildings, ready to use at any season of the year, with a record-low Electric Power Consumption, (which have received a special EU Award), as well as BioTechnology, Materials, Equipment, etc., in addition, naturally, to the recently boosted, autonomous Strasbourg University's cooperation/exchanges/research potential, etc. Already, "there are more than 50.000 Chinese Students in France" in general, noted French President Hollande's Diplomatic Sherpa, Paul-Jean Ortiz, speaking earlier to "EuroFora" on the sidelines of the October 2012 EU Brussels' Summit ( http://www.eurofora.net/newsflashes/news/frenchpresidentsdipomaticadvisoronchina.html).

As the Chairman of "Alsace International", 1st Vice-President of Strasbourg's Region, André Reichardt has recently said to "EuroFora", Alsace was genuinly interested to keep its 2010 International Exhibition's High-Tech, Ecological Building at Shanghai also for the Future, but, for Economy and Efficiency reasons, finally, it was incited to re-schedule its plans towards the nearby Nankin Chinese Region, with which it already has a long History of a regular Cultural and Economic relationship, without excluding, however, the possibility of a new attempt to get a permanent establishment at Shanghai and/or Beijing, where, inter alia, even the World-famous "ACQUATIC SHOW" INTERNATIONAL Busines, active also in Russia's Saint Petersbourg, USA's Las Vegas, France's Paris, Germany's Berlin, Canada's Quebec, in Japan, etc., but Headquartered in Strasbourg, is well known, after having won an International Competition organized by the Chinese Government for the Opening Ceremony of the Shanghai 2010 Global Exhibition :

- "We are working for almost 20 Years with China", the experienced Global Company "Aquatic Show International"s CEO, said earlier to "EuroFora"..
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