摘要
The U.S.state of Louisiana and China's Shandong Yuhuang Chemical Group received the Outstanding FDI Partnership award,an annual foreign direct investment (FDI)honor presented by the China General Chamber of Commerce-USA at its 2019 annual gala held in New York City on January 7.The award recognized the $1.85-billion green field investment made by Yuhuang Chemical Industries Inc., the U.S.subsidiary of the chemical group,which is one of the largest Chinese FDI projects in the United States.Before the event,Don Pierson,Secretary of Louisiana Economic Development,sat down with Beijing Review reporter Yu Shujun to talk about Louisiana's longstanding partnership with China.Pierson also expressed his hope for the end of trade tensions between the two countries. Edited excerpts of the interview follow.
