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Volume 1, Issue 2

June 16, 2008
   The

   Global Business Advocate

A publication of Global Business Advocates (GBA)—A consultancy dedicated to providing professional advocacy services on behalf of its clients. Call us to find out how we can help you be more successful.

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT * STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS * GOVERNING BOARD RELATIONS

CHINA

Business Opportunities Booming In Wendeng City. GBA Also Promotes Clients in Beijing, Qingdao, and Shanghai on Recent Trip.

“Global Business Advocates is helping our Mexican firm establish partnerships with American Companies on major seaport and airport projects.”
Ernesto Ruffo Appel, Businessman, Former Governor-Baja Norte

“We are a privately funded, innovative firm on the cutting edge of transportation technology. We needed a respected voice to help us tell our story to potential customers. We found this capability in Global Business Advocates.”
Tony Morris, CEO
American Maglev Technology, Inc.

   INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
The rapid pace of change in China and the business opportunities it presents continues at breakneck speed. This is evident in the Shandong Province, where economic development has become one of the Central Government’s highest priorities. And no where in the Shandong Province shows more opportunity than in Wendeng City. Adjoining the Yellow Sea in the South and facing Korea in the East, Wendeng City is the center of three international cities—Beijing, Shanghai, and Seoul with 400 million consumers in the area. As a result, facilities serving commerce, trade, and the logistics industry are being established to further develop the Shandong
Province as a logistics hub. This includes the recent government approval to build the new 25 berth South Sea New Port to better serve the area’s growing manufacturing base. The Wendeng “Economic Development Zone,” the “Industrial Development Zone,” and the “Port Industrial Zone” are driving foreign investment. High growth sectors include: automobile and aircraft manufacturing; the machine tool industry; medicine and health products (such as pharmaceuticals); textiles; agriculture; electronics; & tourism. For more information, call us at (562) 522-2017. (Please see page 3 for Additional info on Wendeng City).

MEXICO

Ensenada International Airport Development Moves Ahead. GBA Assists the Opcion Integredora Baja Aeropuerto with Bold Plan To Build Aviation Hub.
There is a good reason the Mexican government is placing a high priority on the expansion and modernization of Mexico’s airports. Mexico’s aviation industry is the second largest in Latin America after that of Brazil. As part of the National Infrastructure Plan, a new international airport will be built in Ensenada under the auspices of the Opcion Integredora Baja Aeropuerto (OIB).
Former Baja Norte Governor Ernesto Ruffo, and businessmen Hector Caulderon, and Manual Chavez, Directors of OIB have received the federal permit for development of the 8000 acre site. The airport’s 4000 ft. runway will be able to receive the Boeing 747 and Airbus A380. The next steps include the Master Plan, Business Plan, and Marketing Survey.

*See Page 4 For Upcoming GBA Symposium on Baja Business Opportunities*