Founded in 2005, China General Chamber of Commerce – USA has been recognized as the largest and most influential non-profit organization representing Chinese enterprises in the U.S. With a mission to create value, generate economic growth, and enhance cooperation between the U.S. and Chinese business communities, CGCC offers a broad range of programs, services and resources to over a thousand multinational members across its footprint in New York, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Washington D.C. As an independent, non-partisan, non-governmental chamber of commerce, CGCC’s work is made possible through the generous support of its member companies and corporate sponsors from both the U.S. and China, 49 of which are ranked on the 2020 Fortune Global 500. As of June 2020, CGCC’s Chinese member companies have cumulatively invested over $124 billion, employed more than 220,000 people, and indirectly supported over one million jobs throughout the United States.
As the Los Angeles Chapter of CGCC, CGCC-Los Angeles brings together hundreds of Chinese enterprises and partners across a broad range of industries that are investing and conducting business in the region. CGCC-Los Angeles covers four states in the West, including southern California, Arizona, New Mexico and Hawaii. Since 2000, Chinese companies have invested over $16 billion and created over 10,000 jobs in these states according to CGCC’s Annual Business Survey.