John P. McDonough, Secretary of State     ~     Brian R. Moe, Deputy Secretary of State

Anhui Province, China
Expo Central 2009 Breakfast Briefing, Columbia ~ Click on photos for full size.
On February 24, a 5-member delegation of officials from China’s Ministry of Commerce, Anhui Province, Hubei Province, and Shanxi Province held a briefing with business leaders in Columbia, Maryland on the upcoming, 4th Expo Central Trade Show. The event will be held in Hefei, Anhui Province on April 26-28, 2009.
• From left to right, Roger Lawrence (Chair, Maryland-Anhui Province, China Sister State Committee), John McDonough (Secretary of State), Fu Cheng (Director of Regional Affairs, Department of Foreign Investment Administration, Ministry of Commerce, China), Fontaine Bell (Chair, Baltimore-Xiamen, China Sister City Committee), and Xu Dansong (First Secretary (Commercial), Embassy of People’s Republic of China,
Washington, DC) pose after the conclusion of the briefing.
• Secretary John McDonough talks with members of the delegation: (from left to right) Xie Hong (Division Director, Shanxi Board of Investment Promotion); Yang Jukang (Deputy Director, International, Bureau of Commerce, Anhui Province); Ji Xun (Principal Staff Member, Department of Commerce, Hubei Province); Secretary McDonough; Ye Fangyou (Deputy Director-General, Hefei Customs District, Anhui Province); and Fu Cheng (Director of Regional Affairs, Department of Foreign Investment Administration, Ministry of Commerce, China).