As a result of the connections developed from last month's China Mission trip led by County Executive Ike Leggett, Montgomery County hosted a visit in November for nearly two dozen Chinese investors as a part of the "Select USA Investment Summit" sponsored by the U.S. government.
Following meetings with President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry, the Chinese business delegation came to Montgomery County, where they focused on investment opportunities in major public-private partnership projects that are strategic to the County's future economic competitiveness, especially the life sciences.
The delegation visited the Food and Drug Administration in White Oak and did a drive-through visit to FDA, LifeSci Village and Washington Adventist Hospital. At the Montgomery campus of The Johns Hopkins University in Rockville, the visitors heard presentations about and discussed investment opportunities in BioHealth Innovations, the Greater Seneca Science Corridor, Global LifeSci Village and other County-based projects, as well as meeting federal, state and local officials.
