A Luncheon Program featuring Sean King Special Assistant for China U.S. Department of Commerce Friday, October 15, 2004 12:00 Noon - 1:30 p.m. (11:30 a.m. networking reception) Plimsoll Club, 30th Floor, WTC (Free validated parking in the WTC Garage)

Mr. King will discuss market opportunities in China's fast-growing economy and will describe the new China Business Information Center located within the Commerce Department's U.S. Commercial Service. The Business Information Center features practical information that American exporters can use to enter the Chinese market.

By attending this luncheon event, you will learn how the China Business Information Center can help your company:

• Promote products and services to qualified Chinese buyers
• Understand Chinese laws, regulations, and customs
• Collect market research
• Develop new or additional business relationships in China
• Initiate the basic steps to enter the Chinese market
• Resolve trade disputes

For more information about the China Business Information Center, visit
http://www.export.gov/china

About Sean King

As Special Assistant for China, Mr. King heads up the Commerce Department’s domestic outreach on helping U.S. companies sell their goods and services in China. He also coordinates incoming trade leads from China and plays a key role in executing outgoing trade missions and senior-level Commerce travel to China. He accompanied U.S. Secretary of Commerce Donald L. Evans and members of the President’s Export Council (PEC) on a trade mission to China in June. He also helped stage seminars on venture capital in Beijing and Shanghai, and escorted a New York trade mission to Guangzhou. Mr. King previously served as Team Leader for Case Monitoring in the Department’s Trade Compliance Center (TCC), where he oversaw the casework of the TCC and headed up its outreach program. Before joining Commerce, Mr. King was based in Singapore for both PricewaterhouseCoopers and Citibank. He has also worked for the New York State Department of Economic Development. He holds an MBA from the University of Notre Dame and an undergraduate degree in International Relations from the American University in Washington, D.C.