Upcoming Events
Celebrate the Year of the Tiger On February 20, 2010, Port Discovery Children’s Museum will host its annual Chinese New Year celebration to commemorate the Year of the Tiger. Families of all cultural backgrounds will have a chance to learn, experience and appreciate the Chinese traditions surrounding the New Year celebration. Activities will include traditional lion dances, Chinese story telling and Chinese food tasting. Members of the Baltimore-Xiamen Sister City Committee will provide chopstick lessons, fortune cookies, bookmarks with your name translated into Chinese, and an opportunity to learn to write Chinese characters. For more information, please visit the museum website at portdiscovery.org. |
Past Events
Calvin Chin Memorial Dim Sum Brunch
Kitty Chin thanks the attendees of the brunch for their support of the Baltimore-Xiamen Sister City Committee
Everyone welcome! Dajia huanying! 大家欢迎
Sunday October 25, 2009
ZhongShan Restaurant
323 Park Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21201
Register and pre-pay at http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=190391
You are cordially invited to the Baltimore-Xiamen Sister City Committee's Second Annual Calvin Chin Memorial Dim Sum Brunch.
Calvin Chin was a founding member of the Baltimore-Xiamen Sister City Committee and a patriarch of Baltimore’s Chinese community. He passed away on February 12, 2008. The ZhongShan Restaurant in Baltimore's Chinatown is at the same location where he and his wife, Katherine "Kitty" Chin, owned and operated a Chinese restaurant for many years. Kitty, of course, will be present at this event.
$25.00 per person for payment received on or before October 18 and $35.00 thereafter and at the door (space available).
To register and pay by check, send a check made out to "Director of Finance" and mail to:
Leslie Simpson
101 West 39th Street #B2
Baltimore, MD 21210.
If paying by check please include a note with your name, phone number, e-mail address and number of guests.
We are also seeking individual and corporate sponsorship tables for 10 persons at $500.00 per table. Sponsors will be recognized at the event and on the committee web site. Please contact Fontaine Bell, Chairman (410-461-5680), or Leslie Simpson, Treasurer (703-731-0802), for sponsorships or any other questions.
All funds raised at this event will support the activities of the Baltimore-Xiamen Sister City Committee including student, cultural, medical, environmental and business exchanges between the two cities.
Everyone welcome! Dajia huanying!
大家欢迎
Xiamen International Boat Show
October 31 - November 3, 2009 (Briefing Session on July 29, 2009)
The Baltimore-Xiamen Sister City Committee, Maryland-Washington DC District Export Council, U.S. Export Assistance Center and Cooper/Wallace, LLC invite you to join the "Maryland Marine & Boat Mission" to the Xiamen International Boat Show, October 31 - November 3, 2009. Held at the state-of-the-art Wuyuan Bay Marina Complex. The products and services of mission participants will be showcased, with additional opportunities for site visits, networking events, and meetings with industry contacts. Xiamen is home to China’s eighth largest deep water port and boasts a large yacht manufacturing base which accounts for nearly one third of the country’s yacht exports. It is also one of the top three marina development locations in China.
This is a chance for Maryland and regional boating equipment manufacturers, service providers and marina related companies to get in on the ground floor of China’s dynamic market. A preliminary briefing session will be held at the Baltimore U.S. Export Assistance Center at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, July 29. For more information and to register for the briefing session contact :
Kewen Xie at the U.S. Export Assistance Center
(410-962-4539) ( kewen.xie@mail.doc.gov )
Robert Jackson at Cooper/Wallace, LLC
(410-462-4545 ( robert@cooperwallace.com )
CIFIT China International Fair for Investment & Trade
September 8, 2009 Xiamen, China
The Baltimore-Xiamen Sister City Committee organizes a business delegation to Xiamen, China each year to attend the four-day China International Fair for Investment & Trade. This is the largest national event of its kind in China and attracts investors, importers and exporters from all over China and most foreign countries. In addition to having a booth at the fair, the committee will arrange matchmaking meetings with potential partners and organizations both at the fair and in Xiamen. See the "News" page for a report on last year's trip.
Interested parties should contact the Business Sub-committee for more information.
Past Events
Singapore International Water Week
June 22 - 26, 2009
Peter Gourlay, Chairman of the Baltimore-Xiamen Sister City Environmental Sub-committee and President of Maryland-Asia Environmental Partnership, attended Singapore International Water Week from June 22 through June 26, 2009 where he spoke as part of the North America Business Forum.
Singapore International Water Week is the global platform that brings policymakers, industry leaders, experts and practitioners together to address challenges, showcase technologies, discover opportunities and celebrate achievements in the water world. The theme of this year's event is "Sustainable Cities - Infrastructure and Technologies for Water". See www.siww.com.sg for more information.
XIAMEN BUSINESS DELEGATION TO VISIT BALTIMORE
Friday March 20, 2009
City Hall, 100 Holliday Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202
The Xiamen Foreign Economic & Trade Enterprises Association (XFETEA) will be leading a 22-person delegation representing fifteen companies from Xiamen, PRC to Baltimore on Friday, March 20, 2009 to meet with potential business partners. This event will be at Baltimore’s City Hall from 9am - 12 noon and will conclude with a buffet lunch from 12 noon to 1pm.
XFETEA is a private trade organization that assists its more than 1,500 member companies with foreign trade and investment.
Cost is $25 for Baltimore-Xiamen Sister City Committee (BXSCC) and Maryland China Business Council members and $40 for non-members. For further information and to register contact Daniel Green, Chair - BXSCC Business Sub-Committee, at dgreen@cooperwallace.com or 410-462-4545.
The participating companies from Xiamen and their products are:
Xiamen Foreign Economic & Trade Enterprises Assoc. (see above)
Xiamen Zhong Xin Cheng I/E Trading Co. (stainless steel cookware & kitchenware)
Xiamen Jinxi Industrial Co. (fashion & other bags, bedding, home furnishings)
Xiamen Cngifts I/E Co. (lanterns, string lights, lampshades)
Xiamen Ulike Industrial & Trading Co. (resin giftwares)
Xiamen Xinhua Shimao Industry Co. (knitting textiles, bedding, office supplies)
Xiamen Merlisha Gifts Co. (crystal & other jewelry beads, finished jewelry)
Xiamen Haida Co. (bath gift sets and products)
Xiamen Chihai I/E Co. (ceramic and poly resin arts & crafts and gifts)
Xiamen Jialilong Recreation Products Co. (outdoor leisure products, tents etc.)
Betesen I/E (Xiamen) Co. (stone blocs and slabs, diamond cutting tools)
Xiamen M.D.M. Printing Co. (printing. packaging and publishing)
Xiamen Baoda I/E Trade Co. (toys, stationery, flowers, vegetables, fruit, tea)
Xiamen Min Ship Steel Structure Engineering Co. (bridges, buildings etc.)
Xiamen CYR Industry & Trade Co. (non-woven paper & gift bags, stationery)
Maryland-Asia Environmental Partnership (MD-AEP) Public-Private Dialogue on Water Needs in Asia
October 23, 2008
Center Club, 100 Light Street - 15th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21202