Jane Lai
THE new U.S. consul general in Guangzhou, Brian L. Goldbeck, showed great interest in Shenzhen’s biggest administrative reform in history during his first official visit to Shenzhen yesterday after assuming office July 24.
Goldbeck said during a meeting with Vice Mayor Zhuo Qinrui that he was very interested in how the city’s largest government reshuffle, which has reduced the number of departments from 46 to 31, would affect American firms in the city.
Zhou said that the reform would have only a positive effect on foreign firms here because it was aimed at creating a better, transparent and service-oriented government.
“The reform separates the government’s functions into three areas — decision-making, execution and supervision — and it plays a positive role in administrating and supervising each branch,” he said.
There will be a party for Goldbeck to meet CEOs from American firms today at the Futian Shangri-La Hotel. It is organized by the Guangzhou-based American Chamber of Commerce in South China. There are 1,349 American companies in the city. The trade volume between Shenzhen and the United States totaled US$35.9 billion last year.
Goldbeck was born in Wisconsin State in the United States. Before he assumed the Guangzhou post, he was vice ambassador of the Mongolian Embassy of the United States from 2006.
Jane Lai
THE new U.S. consul general in Guangzhou, Brian L. Goldbeck, showed great interest in Shenzhen’s biggest administrative reform in history during his first official visit to Shenzhen yesterday after assuming office July 24.
Goldbeck said during a meeting with Vice Mayor Zhuo Qinrui that he was very interested in how the city’s largest government reshuffle, which has reduced the number of departments from 46 to 31, would affect American firms in the city.
Zhou said that the reform would have only a positive effect on foreign firms here because it was aimed at creating a better, transparent and service-oriented government.
“The reform separates the government’s functions into three areas — decision-making, execution and supervision — and it plays a positive role in administrating and supervising each branch,” he said.
There will be a party for Goldbeck to meet CEOs from American firms today at the Futian Shangri-La Hotel. It is organized by the Guangzhou-based American Chamber of Commerce in South China. There are 1,349 American companies in the city. The trade volume between Shenzhen and the United States totaled US$35.9 billion last year.
Goldbeck was born in Wisconsin State in the United States. Before he assumed the Guangzhou post, he was vice ambassador of the Mongolian Embassy of the United States from 2006.