China: A Growing Market for B.C. Wood Products
British Columbia continues to push to increase lumber exports to the rapidly developing economy in China, which is now our second largest customer by volume. This is a key priority over the coming years to help fulfill B.C.'s vision for a strong and diverse forest sector.
News Releases
Trade Mission Photo Gallery
Beijing Home Show
Nov. 11 – Minister Bell at the China International Exhibition on Housing Industry, the largest annual housing trade show in China with more than 100,000 in attendance.
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MOHURD Meeting
Nov. 10 – Minister Bell and senior members of the delegation were encouraged by Qiu Baoxing, Vice Minister, Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (MOHURD), to build a six-storey wood apartment building in Beijing.
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Vacation Home Development
Nov. 10 – B.C. spruce-pine-fir is on display in the Hill and Lake Western Resort development located about an hour outside of Beijing. The first phase of the project began three months ago, with 30 houses currently under construction, and about 300 planned in total.
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Earthquake Reconstruction
Nov. 10 – Members of the B.C. forest industry trade mission visited Dujiangyan to celebrate the completion of Xiang’e primary school, the first project in the Canada-B.C. Wenchuan Earthquake Reconstruction effort.
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Shanghai Local Code
Nov. 9 – Minister Bell and Consul General Nadir Patel help the City of Shanghai launch its new wood-frame building code.
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Affordable Housing MOU
Nov. 9 – Minister Bell participates in a signing ceremony for a memorandum of understanding with the Shanghai housing bureau to demonstrate the benefits of wood for affordable housing.
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Canada Wood College
Nov. 9 – Minister Bell visits the Canada Wood College designer training program in Shanghai. Minister Bell meets some of the designers, engineers and architects training at Canada Wood College, a vocational school specializing in wood-frame construction.
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Shanghai Roofing Projects
Nov. 8 – Roofing renovations have proven to be an excellent opportunity for B.C. wood and forest products. Minister Bell and the trade mission delegates visit a re-roofing project in Shanghai to see how B.C. and Canada have capitalized.
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China National Building Materials
Nov. 8 – Minister Bell tours a China National Building Materials Group warehouse in Taicang.
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Hemlock Remanufacturing Facility
Nov. 8 – Minister Bell tours a Shanghai remanufacturing facility that uses coastal hemlock from B.C. to produce doors, windows, furniture parts and finger-joint panels.
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Finger-Joint Strapping in Taicang
Nov. 8 – The B.C. forest industry trade mission visits a Taicang facility that produces finger-joint strapping for construction and exterior applications.
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