Xia Geng Meets Guests from the USA 2010-01-15 (News from Qingdao Daily) Deputy secretary of the CPC Qingdao Committee, mayor of Qingdao Xia Geng met with president of California Business Foundation Fang Xiaowei and the delegation at Shangri-la Hotel. The mayor expressed welcome to the guests visit and briefed them the trade and friendly exchanges between Qingdao and the USA. He noted that Qingdao is undergoing change in the pattern of economic development and the economic structural adjustment, forging the industrial structure with the service industries as the leading force through fostering emerging industries and based upon energy-saving, emission reduction and independently innovation, the municipal government hoped to have more exchanges and cooperation with NGOs. Fang Xiaowei noted that they would intensify communication and exchanges with Qingdao municipal government and CCPIT in Qingdao, the NGO would help enterprises in Qingdao "go international" on the one hand, and promote more USA enterprises to invest in Qingdao on the other hand. It is learned that the delegation would hold work conference with Qingdao CCPIT, hold Sino-USA trade and investment workshop and visit several local renowned enterprises in Qingdao Hi-tech Zone and the city. California Business Foundation from the USA was established in 2007, its members are professional elites from all walks of life, the association is to set up and economic and trade exchanges platform between Chinese and USA enterprises, deepen the communication and cooperation between the trading professionals in California and the SMEs entrepreneurs in China to boost the healthy and stable development of Sino-USA trade relationship.