FCA’S two sister Asian organizations have established track records of some 30 and 20 years, respectively, and plan and coordinate Florida’s official participation in an eight-state Southeastern U.S. regional association. Every other year, FCA works jointly with its two sister organizations, to plan and organize an Asian business development mission to China, Japan and Korea. Members may participate in only the China portion of the mission or opt for the Japan and/or Korea portions as well.
In between the bi-annual mission to China, FCA plans organizes and conducts programs and events statewide to carry out its mission of expanding business, tourism, educational, cultural and friendship ties between Florida and China.
In early November 2003 and again in October 2005, the then Florida Secretary of State, Glenda E. Hood, led Florida’s first official delegations on a mission organized by FCA to China for meetings with senior officials at China’s Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the China Council of the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) and top business leaders in Beijing. The 2005 mission also included a visit to the site of the Florida International University School of Hospitality & Tourism Management campus in Tianjin and meetings with officials of the Tianjin Economic Development Area (TEDA) there. The next mission is tentatively scheduled for the fall 2009.
Key members statewide include: Enterprise Florida; Florida International University; Swire Properties; the University of Florida; the Jacksonville Regional Chamber of Commerce; the University of Central Florida; the Miami-Dade International Trade Consortium; the Beacon Council; and the Hillsborough County Commission.
For more information,
please contact: FCA’S Executive Director, Dave Woodward
Via e-mail at: info@fl-china-assoc.org or by phone at 786-235-8289.
