CCIEE Chairman Meets with the Head of the Israeli National Economic Council
- Time:2010-09-25
On September 14, 2010, Mr. Zeng Peiyan, Chairman of CCIEE, met with Prof. Eugene Kandel, head of the Israeli National Economic Council. Also at the meeting were H.E. Mr. Amos Nadai, Israeli Ambassador to China, Dr. Ezra Shoshani, Counsellor of Israeli Embassy, Mr. Wei Jianguo, Secretary General, Mr, Zhang Xiaochong, Deputy Secretary General of CCIEE.
Mr. Zeng introduced the mission, scope of business and current activities of CCIEE. He pointed out the friendly Israel-China relations is long standing and well-established, the cooperation between the two nations is more complementary than competitive. There has been rapid progress in terms of economic and trade cooperation between the two nations, and the scope of cooperation has also been expanded to biological sciences, innovative and high technologies and so on. China’s economy has experienced rapid development, it wants to import advanced technologies from abroad while doing its own R & D. However, China lacks of the experience and channels when conducting technological cooperation with foreign enterprises. Thus, governments and NGOs need to create a platform for Israeli and Chinese corporations, so that they can learn and understand each other better and discover more opportunities for cooperation. CCIEE is willing to contribute in promoting mutual cooperation between the two nations.
Prof. Kandel Introduced the Israeli National Economic Council and hoped to cooperate with CCIEE. By making the most of their similar functions, the two organizations could create various platforms and bridge the governments, enterprises and other organizations to conduct exchanges and cooperation at different levels, he pointed out.
Mr. Zeng and Prof. Kandel also exchanged views on such issues as current global economic situation and China’s economic development.