A trip to China could open new doors for businesses in Greater Dandenong.
Springvale Asian Business Association (SABA) is linking up with Wenzhou Chamber of International Commerce in China and has invited Greater Dandenong Council to get involved.
The council’s business group manager Paul Kearsley will accept an invitation from the chamber to visit with a SABA representative in coming weeks.
SABA recently hosted a Wenzhou representative.
“I was invited to attend a meeting with the representative from Wenzhou and SABA,” Mr Kearsley told the Monday 13 February council meeting.
“They spoke eagerly and clearly about wanting to create an economic relationship.”
He said that on his trip he would see what the city was about and look for opportunities for businesses to visit in the future.
Mr Kearsley intends to lead a business delegation to Greater Dandenong’s sister city Xuzhou and nearby Nanjing in September, and hopes to add Wenzhou to the agenda.
“It is vital to obtain further information and an understanding of the opportunities available in Wenzhou, so as to determine its suitability for a further visit,” a council report on the trip read.
The council adopted an International Relations policy last July to help build overseas relationships around economic co-operation and expand economic opportunities for local businesses.
It established a formal sister city relationship with Xuzhou in 1996 and over the past few years has developed a link with the Jiangsu Federation of Industry and Commerce in Nanjing.
It’s hoped the relationships will drive capital and private investment in Greater Dandenong.
