Canadian and provincial government representatives and delegates from the Canadian forest sector met today with China’s State Forestry Administration and Chinese industry officials to advance discussion around sustainable forest management practices during the China-Canada Roundtable on Illegal Logging in Beijing.

The Province of British Columbia, Canada, issued its first Panda bond in China’s domestic bond market Jan. 21, 2016, officially accessing one of the world’s largest capital markets and strengthening relations with a key partner in the Asia-Pacific region.

The B.C. government’s ongoing efforts to develop international markets for the province’s forest product industry took another step forward, as Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Steve Thomson welcomed two more development agreements with two departments of the Shanghai Municipal Housing and Urban-Rural Development Administration Commission.

The Province of British Columbia has received approval from the Peoples' Bank of China to become the first sovereign government to establish a Panda bond program in China s onshore Renminbi (RMB) market.

The Canadian and B.C. governments renewed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Chinese National Ministry of Housing and Urban Development. The memorandum is an important part of developing and growing markets for high-quality, sustainably produced Canadian wood products.

Poly Culture Group, China’s largest art and cultural company, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to establish its North American head office in Vancouver, signalling that HQ Vancouver is well on its way to meet or exceed its target of attracting two international head offices to B.C. by 2017.

B.C. Agriculture Minister Norm Letnick has issued the following statement while touring China with Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz as part of a federally led trade mission with industry and government leaders from B.C. and across Canada.

Bank of China (Canada), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Bank of China, has consolidated its Canadian trade finance services at its International Business Centre in Vancouver.

As the first few days of Premier Christy Clark's Jobs and Trade Mission 2013 come to a close, here is a recap of what's been happening:

The Province of British Columbia, Canada, is the first foreign government to issue bonds into the Chinese Renminbi (CNH) market, opening doors to new investors and raising British Columbia's profile in the Asia Pacific.