Wang Jingli

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IN just 10 days, Daniel Gauss from the U.S. obtained a business license for his registered company with the help of the Bay Area International Exchange Service Center (BA Center) in Bao’an District.

“Staff at the BA Center are super hardworking, very warm and enthusiastic. I can’t believe I have my own company now in Shenzhen. Thanks to them,” Gauss said after he successfully acquired his business license this March.

In fact, this is one of the many services the center provides to expats.

The BA Center, jointly established by the Bao’an District Foreign Affairs Bureau and Xin’an Subdistrict, which is located in the center of Bao’an, is also the district’s first foreign affairs service center. It was officially inaugurated May 16.

The center is also part of Xin’an Subdistrict’s efforts to build the Bao’an Center International Block. Supported by the BA Center’s outstanding business-oriented services, the block was awarded by the city government the title of International Business Communication Feature Block this February.

Business-oriented

The center’s services cover some 100 items in four categories, including personal affairs, consulting services and exchange activities. In addition, the center also provides business services.

Chen Yiqun (known by many foreign friends as Frank), executive director of the center, told Shenzhen Daily in an interview Tuesday that the center sets itself apart from other international exchange centers in the city by providing business-oriented services, such as business environment briefing, business matching meetings, and trade and sci-tech exchange activities.

Benefiting from the cooperation with chambers of commerce, friendship associations, local enterprises and support from government departments, the center has a wide range of business resources to offer efficient and timely help.

“We were once contacted by expats in AR and VR fields who hoped to visit some local high-tech firms in related fields. We then helped contact companies and successfully organized the visits,” Chen said.

Klaus Zenkel, vice president of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, commended the center for its potential in delivering enterprise-related services during the opening ceremony of the center this May.  (Continued on P2)