Good evening, everyone.
I call the meeting to order. Welcome to meeting number six of the House of Commons Special Committee on the Canada-People's Republic of China Relationship.
Pursuant to the order of reference of May 16, 2022, the committee is meeting for its study of the Canada-People's Republic of China relations with a focus on Canada-Taiwan relations.
Today's meeting is taking place in a hybrid format pursuant to the House order of June 23, 2022. Members are attending in person in the room and remotely using the Zoom application.
I would like to offer the following comments as we get into tonight's session.
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Committee members, we will have a very short business session at the end of our testimony tonight. We just have one item of note on the calendar that we may have to make an adjustment for.
I'd now like to welcome our witnesses for the first section.
From the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Canada, we have Dr. Harry Ho-jen Tseng, representative; Bryan Chiao-Lu Ping, executive director; and Ethan Han-Ming Chen, executive assistant director.
Mr. Tseng, you have five minutes for your opening statement. Welcome to the Canada-China committee.