On March 8, 2017, hosted by ABP London headquarters and undertaken by the Alliance, the forum “How to Expand Business and New Market in the UK and Europe” was held in Point-Line Space Profession Service Exchange in Shenzhen Grand China International Financial Center. Karen Louise Maddocks (Vice Consul General for the UK in Guangzhou), Lin Xiuhong (Consultant from the Department of Foreign Economic Cooperation, Shenzhen Economic Trade and Information Committee), Zhang Weihui (Deputy Director of Futian District Enterprise Service Center), Cheng Zhiyu (Vice President of China at London & Partners), Weng Xiang (Client Manager of UK Visas and Immigration), Sun Tianlu (Vice Chairwoman and Secretary General of the Alliance), and other important guests attended the forum and delivered their speeches. 

At the conference, Karen Maddocks, on behalf of the British government, welcomed the business enterprises from China, highly recognized the "golden age" of Sino-British business relations, and witnessed the signing on the memorandum of cooperation between the ABP and the Alliance with all the important guests. In this forum, the enterprises from all walks of life in Shenzhen learned about the investment environment and opportunities in London, the Shenzhen government's policy support for the establishment of overseas enterprises or institutions by Shenzhen enterprises, as well as the matters to be paid attention to in the application for a visa to the UK and the types of visas. ABP, the organizer of the forum, brought the Royal Albert Dock Project to provide more convenient services for Shenzhen enterprises to settle in London. 

Picture: ABP signing on the memorandum of cooperation with the Alliance 

(Picture: Lin Xiuhong, the Consultant from the Department of Foreign Economic Cooperation, Shenzhen Economic Trade and Information Committee, is delivering his speech). 

(Picture: Karen Maddocks, Vice Consul General for the UK in Guangzhou, is delivering her speech)

After the conference, Miao Zhiyong, the Chief Operating Officer from London headquarters Base, had a deep-felt meeting with Sun Tianlu, the Vice Chairwoman and Secretary General of the Alliance, and visited the Point-Line Space Profession Service Exchange. 

Therefore, the Alliance will work together with ABP for the enterprises of hi-tech, trade, and professional law services and other fields in Shenzhen to enter the UK successfully.