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2014 年 9 月 12 日
（星期五）
美华商报
英语专版
Mayor Gray Launches Second DC China Center in Beijing; Announces New Economic Development Partnership
Second International Office to Advance City’ Efforts in Foreign Direct Investment
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(BEIJING, CHINA) – To⁃
day, Mayor Vincent C. Gray and
Interim Deputy Mayor for Plan⁃
ning and Economic Development
M. Jeffrey Miller celebrated the
opening of the second DC China
Center in Beijing. During the cere⁃
mony, Mayor Gray also an⁃
nounced the launch of the Great⁃
er Washington China Investment
Center (GWCIC), a public-private
partnership designed to help Chi⁃
nese companies as they enter the
US market. GWCIC’s co-found⁃
ers include its CEO, Doug Guth⁃
rie; its President, Bill Black; and
its Vice President for Research,
Sarah Kellogg. Beijing technology
companies Taikong and Sanzen
are GWCIC’ first clients.
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Mayor Gray was joined by
Ma Wenpu, the Vice Chairman of
the Foreign Affairs Committee of
the National People’s Congress
Eleventh; Liang Zhuang, the Secre⁃
tary General of the China Over⁃
seas-Educated Scholars Develop⁃
ment Foundation and the Vice
President of the Entrepreneurs As⁃
sociation of Western Returned
Scholars; Ying Chen, the Execu⁃
tive Director of the North Ameri⁃
can International Exchange Center
of China Overseas-Educated Schol⁃
ars Development Foundation and
the Chairman of the Global Alli⁃
ance Corporation of Science and
Technology Investment; Wei Liu,
the Vice Secretary General of the
China Overseas-Educated Schol⁃
ars Development Foundation; Han⁃
jun Yang, the Chairman of Shen⁃
zhen East Grenfell Industrial Cor⁃
poration and the Chairman