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Issue: 1055 Date: 11/11/2010
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密州上下一心推動中國空港 郡長連任利多
亞美律師協會結合亞裔社區 熱烈歡迎中國航運訪問團
Chinese Delegation Goes Home, Expects Air Hub To Become Reality
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| 美國聯邦參議員Kit Bond，密州州長Jay Nixon(中)親自接待中國航運代表團來訪Officials of the China Air Transportation Association (CATA) / Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) delegation are pictured at the Four Seasons Hotel in downtown St. Louis with Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon; U.S. Sen. Kit Bond; St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay, and other statewide and regional business leaders. |
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【時報訊】推動聖路易林白國際機場作為美中西區中國空港已成為密蘇里州上下一心共同努力之目標，密州州長Jay Nixon上週一(11月1日)在代表團下榻之聖路易城區四季大旅館親自接待中國航運代表團。11月2日美國期中選舉，聖路易郡郡長Charlie Dooley當選連任，推動中國空港計劃不變。11月4日(週四)密蘇里州亞美律師協會結合聖路易亞裔社區代表、美華協會、亞美青年專業協會等，在聖路易城區Bryan Cave大樓35樓大廳熱烈歡迎中國航運代表團，在在顯示密州和聖路易政府及民間組織推動林白機場中國空港之決心。
自10月31日飛抵聖路易，訪問五天之中國航運代表團已於11月5日(週五)結束行程返回中國。在訪問期間并未簽署任何協議或作出任何決定，但是美中西區中國空港委員會主席Mike Jones對中國空港具有極大信心，Jones表示，根據他的觀察和各項與中國代表團之會議和討論內容，中方在聖路易林白機場設立中國空港之計劃應該沒有問題，最快在明(2011)年春季就會有結果。
聖路易地區經濟成長協會(RCGA)會長Dick Fleming也表示，中國航運代表團看到了聖路易地區和林白機場基礎建設和環境，同時也與本地區主要的航運出口公司及貨運公司商談，Fleming說，這四天半的訪問讓中國代表團留下很好的印象。
根據中國航運代表團團長和副團長在最後一天的會議結論報告中透露，他們(中方)全心期待這項大設想(中國空港)將會實現。RCGA會長Dick Fleming說，下一次行動就是中方航空公司再進一步和林白機場商談出一個結果。
密州美國聯邦參議員Kit Bond樂觀的指出，中國與聖路易的貨運航班將於2011年開始運行，至於確切的中國空港時間表，沒有任何一方或代表有所知悉或預測。
Chinese Delegation Goes Home, Expects Air Hub To Become Reality
A delegation of Chinese airline representatives and federal aviation officials are heading back home today, after spending a week in the St. Louis area discussing a possible air cargo hub.
Regional leaders are trying to convince them to establish a center for air cargo flights at Lambert Airport.
The Chinese delegation toured Lambert and met with area companies that might export goods to China. They also took in a Blues hockey game.
Regional Chamber and Growth Association CEO Dick Fleming said the group wanted to see the infrastructure for themselves as well as learn how the planes would be filled with St. Louis and Midwestern products heading back to China.
"And then finally, we arranged for them to talk with some major shippers and freight forwarders who are really the heart of the market and to hear directly from them the opportunity that they see in the cargo hub here in St. Louis," Fleming said.
Fleming said that the four-and-a-half days of meetings and tours seemed to have made a good impression on the Chinese delegation.
"I was heartened by the delegation chairman and the vice-chairman commenting at the end of the meetings yesterday," Fleming said, "[They] said that based on what they have seen, they fully expected the big idea to become a reality."
Fleming also said that the next step is for one of the Chinese airlines to step forward and negotiate a deal with Lambert officials. Senator Kit Bond has said flights between China and St. Louis will begin in 2011.
There's no timetable for making the cargo hub happen, Fleming said, but if negotiations go well he's hoping flights could be in the air sometime next year.
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| 聖路易市長Francis Slay，中國駐芝加哥總領事楊國強出席密州州長Jay Nixon在四季大旅館主持之中國航運代表團歡迎會 Mayor Francis Slay and Chinese Consul General Yang Guoqiang at the Four Seasons Hotel. |
中國航運代表團成員在RCGA內接受專訪，左起倫敦出口公司Roger Shapiro，楊國強總領事，副團長李江民，團長羅朝庚，主席Mike Jones。China Air Transportation Association (CATA) / Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) delegation Chair Luo Chao Geng, Vice Chairman of CATA, third from right, and Deputy Chair of the delegation Li Jiangming, Deputy General of CAAC, respectively, interview with St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter Tim Logan at the RCGA during this week's 4-1/2 day visit to St. Louis. Pictured left to right are: Roger Shapiro of London Exports, Chinese Consul General Yang Guoqiang, Mr. Li, Mr. Luo, Mike Jones, Chair of the Midwest China Hub Commission, and Tim Logan. |
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