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Economic Development Initiatives
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RDA's Shanghai Mission
RDA Whyalla and Eyre Peninsula in a combined initiative with RDA Adelaide Hills, Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island and RDA Limestone Coast attended a trade and investment mission in Shanghai, China in April.
The three RDA's worked in partnership with the Shanghai Small and Medium Enterprise Center for International Cooperation (SMEC), who are a business based organisation with a membership in excess of 300,000.
The initiative provided RDAWEP an opportunity to build on the partnerships we have formed with SMEC and discuss further the opportunities across a number of sectors including food, food service, tourism, education and aged care with its membership.
"RDAWEP recognise the importance of the Chinese economy to future opportunities in the region and want to ensure that our organisation takes a targeted, proactive approach that will deliver the greatest benefit for the Eyre Peninsula" said Dion Dorward, CEO, RDAWEP.

CEO of RDAWEP, Dion Dorward presents a gift from our region to Zhao Dan, Deputy Division Chief, Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy.
The mission enabled RDAWEP to gain a critical understanding of the business environment in Shanghai and China and an opportunity to meet with an develop ongoing relationships with individual Chinese businesses interested in trade, investment and tourism opportunities in our region.
The initiative has already had a number of successes with a variety of business and media representatives travelling to Eyre Peninsula from Shanghai over the coming months to look in more detail at opportunities to partner with the region.
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