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June 15, 2012
Minnesota and Sister Province Shaanxi celebrated their 30th Anniversary in 2012. Governor Dayton’s delegation traveled to the Province of Shaanxi, home of the famous terra cotta warriors, to meet with Shaanxi Province officials.
June 14, 2012
Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton was joined by representatives from two biomedical companies, 3M and Medtronic, on the trade mission trip to China. 3M has had a rubber and adhesives branch in China since 1984—3M China Ltd.—which has its headquarters located in Shanghai. Medtronic also has a presence in China, hosting two patient care centers in the cities of Beijing and Wuhan.
June 14, 2012
Ronald Rich, the president and founder of Eden Prairie-based Atmosphere Recovery Inc., and Steve Mindrum, Global Medical Instrumentation's Director of Sales and Marketing, participate in the Governor's 2012 Mission to China.
June 13, 2012
China is Minnesota’s top market for agricultural commodities and related food products. In 2010, China purchased $1.35 billion in Minnesota agricultural products, accounting for 27 percent of the state’s total agricultural exports, which include bulk and intermediate agricultural commodities as well as processed food.
June 12, 2012
China is Minnesota’s top market for agricultural commodities and related food products, with purchases of $1.35 billion in 2010. Governor Mark Dayton’s trade mission to China has a strong emphasis on agriculture and food.
June 9, 2012
Three major Minnesota universities are currently participating in Governor Dayton’s Trade Mission to China. The University of Minnesota, St. Cloud State University, and Metropolitan State University have each seen substantial growth in their relationships with Chinese universities, students, and faculty in recent years, and the current trade mission offers the three universities an occasion to strengthen current ties to China, and to also create new partnerships.
June 13, 2012
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton continues his travels in China where he's leading a delegation of 50 state business leaders and other officials.
April 21, 2014
Dr. Nicholas Dirks, the Chancellor of the University of California Berkeley, was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Tsinghua University. During Dr. Dirks’ visit, Tsinghua and UC Berkeley held a series of activities to promote further collaboration between the two universities
July 15, 2014
The United States chief of naval operations, Adm. Jonathan W. Greenert, visited China’s aircraft carrier, a symbolic step in the campaign the Pentagon is waging with Beijing for greater transparency even as the two navies become greater rivals. After a brief visit to a Chinese carrier, Admiral Greenert, escorted by Admiral Wu, sailed from Dalian on a Chinese frigate to watch naval exercises.
July 23, 2014
China and the United States agreed at the Sixth Annual US-China CEO and Former Senior Officials' Dialogue to strengthen cooperation on infrastructure while calling for an acceleration of talks on a bilateral investment treaty. Both sides agreed there are tremendous investment opportunities and huge potential, and urged the governments to conclude the bilateral investment treaty negotiations as soon as possible.