The CBCC's 6th Chinese Business Excellence Awards & New Year Celebration Gala was held 6-11pm, Friday, Jan 21, 2011 at Hilton Hotel, 8500 Warden Avenue Markham, ON L6G 1A5, Canada.
Over 700 guests including Prime Minister Stephen Harper attended the event. In his speech the Prime Minister extended his best wishes for celebrating the Chinese New Year, commended the Chinese Business Chamber of Canada for its great work done for the community over the years, and congratulated the Award recipients for their successes in Canada.
Other distinguished guests include:
Chinese Ambassador Zhang Junsai
Minster of International Trade Peter Van Loan
Minster of Environment Peter Kent
Chinese Consul General Chen Ligang
Chinese Vice Consul General Zhang Meifang
Member of Parliament Paul Calandra
Member of Parliament Jim Karygiannis
Member of Parliament Carrie Colin
Senator Don Meredith
Senator Vim Kochhar
Ontario Minister of Culture and Tourism Michael Chan
Ontario Conservative Party Leader Tim Hudak
Ontario Member of Provincial Parliament Gerry Phillips
Ontario Member of Provincial Parliament Bas Balkisson
Ontario Member of Provincial Parliament Reza Morid
20 Mayors, Vice Mayors and councilors of the GTA municipalities
Representatives from the Chinese community organizations in the GTA
As the annual event is held early in the year, it is always one of the largest in the Chinese community during the season of Chinese new year celebrations in the Greater Toronto Area. As always, the event was covered by all major Chinese media in Canada including TVs, daily newspapers, weekly news, web TVs and Web news.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Chinese Ambassador Zhang Junsai
From right, Minster of Environment Peter Kent, Chinese Ambassador Zhang Junsai, Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Member of Parliament Paul Calandra, Co-Chairs Victor Oh, Benson Wong and CBCC Founding President Sean Hu
Welcome Speech by Founding President Sean Hu
Prime Minister Stephen Harper
Chinese Ambassador Zhang Junsai
Organizers Benson Wong and Sean Hu introducing Prime Minister to Chinese Ambassador Zhang Junsai (2nd from right) and Consul General Chen Ligang (first from right)
New Business & International Student Business Award
James Gao, White feather
Canada-China Low-Carbon International Development Award
You-Zhi Tang (2nd from right), Canada Clean Tech Capital Inc.
Overseas Business Development Award
Bob Guo (3rd from right), Goldenmount capital Interational Inc.
Social and Community Contribution Award
Howard Shen (3rd from right) , TurnerMoore LLP
Canada-China Tourism and Cultural Exchange Award
Ontario Chinese Inbound Tourism Operators Association
Most-Improved entrepreneur Award
Tony WK Woo, Star Walk Buffet
Entrepreneurship Award
Ben Jun Wu & Benjamin Balance Treatreant Centre Inc.
Person of the Year in Chinese Business
Alvin Wang, King Square Ltd.
Lifetime Achievement Award
Eric Siegel (Centre), Former President and CEO, Export Development Canada
Best Market Development Award
Hainan Airlines
Award recipients
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