Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Chinese President Xi Jingping meet at the G20 Summit. (Photo : Getty Images)
The Chinese Entrepreneurial Club will be making a visit to Canada to meet with the country' top people in business and politics, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
The club is composed of chief executives of Chinese companies. These firms have a combined annual gross income of $585 billion.
China and Canada have been working on improving bilateral trade. Leaders from both countries have recently made visits to meet with business and political leaders.
"We have a large population and we are in a very long process of urbanization. And the consumer market is growing as well, and it will grow for a very long time," said Maggie Cheng, the club's secretary-general.
She added, "I think the private companies in China have now grown into a (size) that can use a larger resource partner to further improve the Chinese market."
In a published review Wang Wentian, the chargé d'affaires ad interim of the Chinese embassy in Ottawa, wrote that the visit of Premier Li Keqiang to Canada brought success to both countries.
The article stated, "During Mr. Li's visit, the two sides reached a broad consensus on strengthening bilateral cooperation in politics, economy and trade, and people-to-people exchanges. The joint statement of the People's Republic of China and Canada, which contains 29 items, was issued."
He also wrote, "The two sides announced a series of important developments and signed relevant agreements. It was a trip of friendship, mutual trust, practical cooperation and pioneering efforts."
Charles Burton, a former diplomat who is now a political scientist at Brock University, said, "In China, it's really very difficult to achieve great wealth unless you have a strongly collaborative, mutually beneficial relationship with the Chinese Communist Party's decision makers."
