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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Wolf II
organize an Aboriginal business delegation to China.
2011
Team Aboriginal Canada-China Trade Mission and Friendship Tour travelled to the cities
of Beijing, Shanghai, Xian,
and Shenyang. Meetings were arranged with dignitaries and business leaders
with the explicit purpose of financing natural resource projects in Canadian Aboriginal territories
and with Maori corporations from New Zealand.
This exchange was another brick in the wall cementing relations between Aboriginal people and China. Both sides of the trade mission are now busy working on details of financing the projects discussed.
A follow up trade mission is planned from Sunday October 23, 2001 to Saturday November 5, 2011. This intended to allow delegates attend the China Mining Conference & Expo 2011 in Tianjin from November 6-8, 2011 at the end of the trade mission.
The trade delegation represented a focused opportunity to further goals
of indigenous self-sufficiency, and has the potential to unleash enormous wealth for
future 
tribal development. Given the respective rise in China and Aboriginal nations
(and
the mutual Aboriginal/Sino interests), the
2011
Team Aboriginal Canada-China Trade Mission and Friendship Tour
trade mission resulted in a good matching of projects and finance.
In Shanghai the delegation was hosted by top level Maori corporations and executives. A wonderful cultural exchange and business discussion ensued that culminated in the signing of Cooperation Agreement designed to promote ongoing business and cultural relations between Aboriginal Canadians and the New Zealand Maori.
Detailed plans are now afoot to organize a much larger trade mission from Sunday October 23, 2001 to Saturday November 5, 2011 to build on the momentum of this event. For further details of the Fall 2011 trade mission contact Tony Mayer at (604) 325-5995 or tomayer8@telus.net.
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About Native Investment and Trade Association (NITA):
NITA is a non‐profit society founded in 1989 to promote economic
self-reliance and strengthen Aboriginal participation in the mainstream
economy. To carry out this mandate, it has organized approximately 100
national events throughout its history, and promotes partnerships between
Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal business interests.
About Canada China Resource Development Foundation (CCRDF):
Role of organization is investment partnerships between Canadian and Chinese entities in the natural resources and energy industries.
About Eden Investments Ltd. (EDL):
Eden Investments Ltd. is part of the Eden Group of Companies. Since 1996, the founding Directors and Managers have worked closely with Chinese Government Agencies and State Owned Enterprises (SOEs), and have a history of putting together enterprises from North America with Chinese Companies in joint ventures. In recent years most projects involve Chinese investment into North American projects. Due to the economic changes that have occurred in both regions, Chinese enterprises find themselves with a surplus revenues and are seeking strategic diversification. Major activities involve matching private equity funds, between Chinese SOEs and fund managers in North America, with 85% of investment outside of China.
