The B.C. government will be advancing key priorities as it meets with representatives from the Pacific NorthWest Economic Region (PNWER).

Minister of Natural Gas Development Rich Coleman has completed a business-development trip to help strengthen British Columbia’s working relationship with liquefied natural gas (LNG) partners headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Finance Minister Michael de Jong leaves for a trip to India and Malaysia to advance emerging new bilateral trade and investment opportunities and promote British Columbia’s stable economic story.

In her speech from the Throne today, Lt.-Gov. Judith Guichon outlined the government’s agenda to create jobs and opportunity throughout British Columbia, and continue to grow a diverse economy to sustain and expand the vital services that British Columbians depend on.

Premier Christy Clark and Yukon Premier Darrell Pasloski signed a Letter of Intent committing to strengthen collaboration between the two governments and work together to pursue opportunities that are mutually beneficial for British Columbians and Yukoners.

In the bustling port city of Dalian, about 450 kilometres southeast of Beijing, British Columbia sometimes doesn’t seem all that far away. Delegates from the 2015 Forestry Asia Trade Mission experienced that feeling first-hand as they toured two factories where B.C. lumber is manufactured into products for the Chinese marketplace.