WTC Utah, China chamber, other groups to host Utah-China trade forum

A May 11 event in Salt Lake City will focus on trade and investment with China.

World Trade Center Utah (WTC Utah) and several partners are presenting the Utah-China Trade and Investment Forum, part of its Thought Leader Symposium series, from 3-9:30 p.m. at the Little America Hotel, 500 S. Main St.

The forum will feature several high-level Chinese government and business leaders from several provinces and cities.

WTC Utah is partnering with the China Chamber of International Commerce, the Chinese Embassy in the United States, Spike 150, the Utah Chinese Golden Spike Celebration Committee and Economic Bridge International to present forum.

Speakers include J. Stuart Adams, president of the Utah Senate; Xu Xueyuan, minister at the Chinese embassy in the United States; Steve Starks, president of the Utah Jazz; Zhang Yi, deputy secretary at the China Chamber of International Commerce; Zhenge Zhao, general representative on the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade; and other Utah and Chinese business leaders.

Registration starts at 2:30 p.m., followed by a plenary session from 3-5:30 p.m. about expanding business and investment between Utah and China. A cocktail reception starts at 5:30 p.m. A screening of the film “Helen Foster Snow: Witness to Revolution,” starts at 8:15 p.m., along with remarks from director Dodge Billingsley. Produced by Combat Films & Research for the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies at Brigham Young University and shot on location in China, the film examines one woman’s decade in China during the tumultuous 1930s when she was working as a writer, activist and humanitarian.

The cost is $40 for all activities. The cost is $20 for just the plenary session or the dinner and film. Tickets can be purchased at Eventbrite.com.