Current business delegation tour schedule
Our tours to China are on hold at present due to the COVID 19 pandemic.
The tour itinerary outlined below gives you an indication of the total business focus of our organised tours.
Delegation Itinerary for the 18-27 October 2019
Wuhan City, Hubei and Xian City, ShaanXi
Bridging business to business connectivity via Launch Pad China
Our Business delegations to China are tailored and bespoke to meet the objectives of delegation members and further business engagement between China and New Zealand.
Supported by the New Zealand China Trade Association.
Two Cities and focused connectivity
Introductions made via our respected counterparts
Wuhan City
- CCPIT Hubei, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (
CCPIT) NZCTA is in the process of establishing a formal MOU that nurtures and strengthens two-way trade opportunities between Hubei and New Zealand.
The meetings will be organised based on the objectives of the delegation participants and facilitated by CCPIT Hubei
ShaanXi Province
- ShaanXi Provincial Department of Commerce
- ShaanXi Provincial Department of Commerce Commercial Representative Office in New Zealand Chief Representative. Ms Jessie Zhao is duly authorised by Mr Li SR of China ShaanXi Provincial Commerce Department
- New Zealand ShaanXi General Association of Commerce
The meetings will be organised based on the objectives of the delegation participants and facilitated by the above ShaanXi Provincial Department of Commerce, their New Zealand Commercial Chief Officer and New Zealand ShaanXi General Association of Commerce. (www.nzgac.org.nz)
Date of Delegation tour : 18 to 27 October 2019
Delegation limited to between 10-12 participants.
Important information: The delegation will not exceed more than 12 businesses people so as to ensure that the participants gain value from this targeted two city delegation visit.
Agricultural business connectivity is the primary sector interest of this business delegation.
Two Cities: Wuhan City Hubei Province and Xian City ShaanXi Province
WHY XIAN CITY and SHAANXI Province
Shaanxi’s agricultural production varies throughout the province. Shaanxi’s southern Hanzhong Basin region is large rice and wheat-producing area; it also supports cash crops including tea, tung oil, citrus, and other fruit. Shaanxi’s cooler Qin Mountain range grows maize and winter wheat. The Wei River and Jing Valleys produce rice, winter wheat, tobacco, cotton, millet, barley, corn and kaoliang. In the Upper Wei and Jing reaches, millet, oats, buckwheat, hemp, sesame, sugar beets, and rapeseed are grown. Shaanxi’s northern plateau farms spring-sown wheat and millet, but these crops are highly dependent on irrigation as the Shaanxi’s northern plateau area shares a climate similar to that of dry, pastoral Inner Mongolia. As a result, livestock herding becomes increasingly common in Shaanxi’s north. Some food and beverage processing, especially apple juice, has developed alongside Shaanxi’s agricultural regions, especially in the south.
The main focus of the visiting Xian is to attend the opening of the 26th China Yangling Agriculture High Tech Achievements Fair (CAF), which is an approved international event, this year the primary aim of the CAF is to promote New Era, New Drive and New Agriculture, previously Canada, USA Australia and Brazil, Japan, Korea France and Brazil have attended and their delegations are offered unprecedented opportunities for sharing of ideas and potential collaborations
The delegation meets the appropriate people form ShaanXi Departments of Commerce and Department of Agriculture, and visit Baoji for agricultural connections
WHY WUHAN CITY
Hubei is a major agricultural province n China and the construction of the Yangtze Economic Belt and China’s “One Belt One Road” policy have become an important national strategy to boost the green development along the Yangtze River. Wuhan is designated by the State Council as the most important shipping centre in the middle reaches of Yangtze River.
AGRICULTURE IN HUBEI
Hubei is a major agricultural province in China, due to its rich resources in arable land and water, often called “Land of Fish and Rice”. The most important products of Hubei’s agricultural output are meat, poultry and eggs, grain and rice, cotton and vegetable oil. More area-specific outputs are citrus fruit, lotus root and, due to its many lakes, aquatic products. As to the export of agricultural products, Hubei has a leading position in terms of output and quality of meat, poultry and eggs. Other important agricultural export products are aquatic products including river crabs, tortoises and soft-shelled turtles, freshwater shrimp and many kinds of fish. Other products such as vegetable oil, rice, live pigs, cotton, raw silk, raw lacquer and edible fungus constitute the remaining share of the main agricultural export products.
Hubei has a well-developed market distributing system. The wholesale markets at the producing and selling areas are scattered all over the province, which connects millions of small domestic productions with large, changeable markets. Apart from domestic supermarkets, foreign supermarket chains Carrefour, Wal-Mart and Metro are present in the province and are rapidly gaining market share. In 2008, SPAR also entered the Hubei market, mainly targeting the western part of the province in cooperation with a local supermarket chain. Recently, the Wuhan government is seeking to build up a modern and knowledge-intensive urban agricultural cluster, mainly consisting of intensive animal husbandry, dairy and horticulture (both vegetables and flowers).
NZCTA is in the process of signing MOU with Hubei CCPIT for the development of trade connectivity between the Hubei Province and New Zealand.
Hubei Province has a long established connection with the South Island of New Zealand and has many sister city relationships which include
- Wuhan City – Christchurch
- Huangshi City – Nelson –Tasman
- Honghu City – Hurunui District
- Enshi – Waimakariri District
Hubei Province, especially the cities in proximity to the Yangtze River, are increasingly recognised as key hubs for Chinese trade and commerce into central and western China.
PROPOSED ITINERARY
Day 1: Friday 18th
Leave Christchurch International Airport via China Southern Airlines
Day 2: Saturday 19th
Arrive in Guangzhou transit to Xian China via China Southern Airlines
Dependent on arrival time settling into the hotel. city tour （city Wall, Da-Yan Tower， cultural street）.
Evening: Sunshine Lido Grand Theatre Tang Dynasty Song and Dance show. Xi’an special dumpling feast.
Day 3: Sunday 20th
Day Tour of Terracotta Warriors Museum
Local special lunch and dinner
Day 4: Monday 21st
Official visit (visit Shaanxi Provincial Department of Commerce, local business or department), the specific arrangement to be determined.
Business meetings and introductions relevant to the delegation party makeup and primary objectives.
Business Lunch and Dinner.
Day 5: Tuesday 22nd
Official visit (invited to opening ceremony for 26th China Yangling Agricultural High-Tech Achievement Fair, visit exhibition halls), the specific arrangements to be determined.
Business meetings and introductions relevant to the delegation party makeup and primary objectives
Business Lunch and Dinner
Day 6: Wednesday 23rd
Baoji Business meeting (visit Baoji City Bureau of Commerce, local business or department), the specific arrangements to be determined
Day 7: Thursday 24th
Leave Baoji for Wuhan via China Southern.
Arrive Wuhan City mid-afternoon
Day 8: Friday 25th
Business meetings organised and meeting with CCPIT Hubei
Business meetings and introductions relevant to delegation party makeup and primary objectives
Evening TBA as identified objectives are defined
Day 9: Saturday 26th
Business meetings and introductions relevant to delegation party makeup and primary objectives
Evening TBA as identified objectives are defined
Matched agricultural discussions.
Day 10 Sunday 27th
Return to Christchurch via Guangzhou using China Southern Airlines
Inclusions
Airfares (international return airfares and domestic air fare to China) Hotel accommodation ( breakfast – single room ) meals, English speaking guide, admission to sightseeing as per itinerary, tipping to guide and driver
Exclusions
Domestic Airfare in NZ, Chinese visa fee, personal expenses and travel insurance
Launch Pad China Business delegations to China are tailored and bespoke to meet the objectives of delegation members and further business engagement between China and New Zealand.
Closing date for registration of event 20 September 2019
Payment date 1 October 2019
If you wish you wish to register your interest to be on the delegation please complete the following form.