On the 40th anniversary of the establishment of China-Canada diplomatic ties, Wuhan representative office of Canadian Commercial Corporation, the official enterprise of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT), was formally established on January 26. Wuhan representative office is one of the four new offices that Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced to establish on his first visit to China in last December.

Mr. Nadir Patel, Canada's consul general in Shanghai, said that the new office would strengthen the trade and investment ties between Canada and the Hubei Province in the future. Wuhan representative office would focus on four aspects, i.e. agriculture, food, environmental technology and transport. It would provide important information for Canadian companies in China and also be a window for Chinese enterprises to invest in Canada.