Bay Area leaders’ weeklong visit to China highlights fostering investment, tourism

Multiple city leaders from the Bay Area were in the Chinese city of Chongqing as part of a weeklong trip intended to foster investment, business and tourism exchanges between China and cities in Northern California.

The May 19-26 trip was organized by Palo Alto-based nonprofit China Silicon Valley, which was formed in 2012 to improve business cooperation, create jobs, increase economic activity, facilitate investment and international trade and promote communications between China and the Silicon Valley region.