Holdens promote Missouri in tour through China, Japan

Gov. Bob Holden and First Lady Lori Hauser Holden represented Missouri in a Far East tour September 21-October 2. The governor was joined by representatives of the World Trade Center Saint Louis, local business and government leaders, DED Director Kelvin Simmons, and DED’s Division of Business Development and Trade Director David Seamon.

The governor met with several top government officials in China, including Vice Mayor Dongji Tang of Shanghai, Governor Baohua Liang of Jiangsu Province, Mayor Hongkun Jiang of Nanjing, and Governor Yunshi Ji of the Hebei Province - Missouri’s sister state. In his various meetings in the People’s Republic of China, Gov. Holden announced plans to open a new state marketing office in Shanghai with the goal of helping Missouri companies gain access to one of the world’s fasting growing markets. (full story...)