Trade and Invest British Columbia


China

China is now British Columbia’s second largest trading partner after the United States with bi-lateral trade totalling $12.8 billion in 2010. Compared with 2001, exports from B.C. to China have increased by more than 420 per cent.

Did you know?

  • B.C. exports more goods and commodities to China than any other Canadian province – over 31 per cent of the national total.
  • Pulp exports worth $1.3 billion were shipped from B.C. to Mainland China in 2010, an increase of 65.3 per cent from the previous year.
  • B.C. shipped $668 million worth of lumber to China in 2010, more than double the value shipped a year earlier.

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The Ministry of Jobs, Tourism and Innovation is expanding its services for entrepreneurs and investors who are looking for safe, stable places to put their money ...more >


Softwood lumber exports to China surpass the U.S. for the first time

Trade figures for May 2011 show the value of softwood lumber exported to China has surpassed the U.S., sending powerful signals about the importance of the Asia-Pacific ...more >


Shanghai University sign deal with B.C.-based Greenlight Innovation

In May 2011, Shanghai’s Tongji University purchased a fuel cell testing system from Greenlight Innovation, worth approximately $400,000. British Columbia’s Trade ...more >


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