There are only two months to go before the final vote in the 2016 US presidential election, and with polls so close, most people cannot wait until the results are known. The American Chamber of Commerce in South China, known as AmCham South China, will host a US presidential election party for its members in Guangzhou this November.

The Party will coincide with the closing of polls in the United States and will feature broadcasts detailing election results as they are reported.

This is not the first time the chamber has hosted an election party for its members. The last one was held in 2012 at the Grand Hyatt in Guangzhou. It began at 8:00 am and lasted until 1:00 pm when the results of the election became known. The party was a great success.

Besides the election party, the chamber has hosted hundreds of events of various types for its business community. They include round tables and forums, academic workshops and seminars, balls and parties, investment delegations, and much more.

Since its establishment in 1995, the chamber has striven hard to promote the continuous development of trade, commerce and investment between the United States and China, with a special focus on South China.

With headquar ters in Guangzhou and three service centers in Shenzhen, Shunde and Xiamen, its membership has grown by leaps and bounds to exceed 2,300, accounting for nearly 40 percent of US-China business, trade and investments.

In 2015 members of AmCham South China reinvested more than $12 billion in new projects and hired 940,000 new employees as their existing businesses grew. The chamber's 2016 study, The Special Report on the State of Business in South China, found that budgeted reinvestment in 2016 exceeds $13 billion.

(China Daily 09/08/2016 page10)