Chinese business leaders visit Wirral Waters regeneration project

Lyndsey Ashworth, Stella Shiu and Wirral council leader Jeff Green during this afternoon's visit

中国商业领袖参观了威勒尔水域复兴项目

今天一个中国商业领袖代表团参观了国际贸易中心项目选址，该区域的开发准备工作已经在进行中。
开发商沛尔集团数百万英镑的贸易中心项目有望创造约3000个工作岗位，而且已经在去年9月获得了威勒尔政府的一致通过。
参观者们在沛尔项目合作伙伴Stella Shiu 的带领下，考察了项目选址的整个区域。Stella 是Sam wa 国际投资集团的主席。
沛尔董事Lyndsey Ashworth 对本报说：“他们都对进驻贸易中心抱有极大的兴趣。”
“去年我们去中国，向全国各地的商人做演说。这是由此带来的第一个代表团。”
“在这些人身后，还有很多其他的优质企业，他们将回去传达这一周在威勒尔的所见所闻。”
威勒尔水域项目由潜力在未来的30年创造约27，000个工作岗位。它将给伯肯黑德码头区域的废弃土地带来翻天覆地的改变。
贸易中心将是整个规划中极为重要的一个方面，来自中国，印度，韩国或其他新兴国家的1000多家公司将有望将他们的产品从这里展出，销售，组装及分销到英国、爱尔兰及整个欧洲市场。
沛尔说这个贸易中心将是英国同类项目中的第一家，也将成为欧洲最大的一家。
昨天，与之相配套的55亿英镑当的利物浦水域项目也获得了市政府规划委员会的批准。
Ashworth女士说：“我们已经获得了威勒尔水域项目，ITC项目和利物浦水域项目。现在项目都有了，这太棒了。”
周一，准备工作已经在贝尔福德路旁的土地上开始，首先是进行污染消除环节，而且一个主要的清理工作已经在进行中。
代表团收到了威勒尔政府领导Jeff Green的热烈欢迎，他说：“项目开始了，我认为这太棒了，而且他们想要很快看到进展”
“我很高兴我们已经进展到一定阶段，人们都能看我们已经在项目选址上开展工作。”

A DELEGATION of Chinese business leaders visited the scheme's International Trade Centre site today as work begins on preparing the area for development.

Developer Peel Group’s multi-million pound trade centre scheme is expected to create around 3,000 jobs and was unanimously approved by Wirral Council in September.

The visitors were shown around the site by Peel's joint venture business partner Stella Shiu, who is chairwoman of Sam Wa International Investment.

Peel director Lyndsey Ashworth told the Globe: “They are people who have expressed a genuine interest in taking up space at the trade centre.

“We went to China last year holding presentations to businesses across the country. This is the first delegation to stem from that.

“There are lots of other high-quality companies behind these people, who will report back with what they have found during the week’s visit to Wirral."

The Wirral Waters scheme has the potential for the creation of around 27,000 new jobs over the next 30 years. It will bring about the complete transformation of derelict land in Birkenhead Docks.

The trade centre will be a pivotal aspect of the scheme and and it is hoped more than 1,000 companies from countries such as China, India, South Korea and other emerging economies, will exhibit, sell, assemble and distribute goods from the centre into the UK, Irish and European markets.

Peel says the centre will be the first of its kind in the UK and the largest in Europe.

Yesterday, the complementary ￡5.5bn Liverpool Waters project was given the green light by the city council’s planning committee.

Ms Ashworth added: “We’ve got Wirral Waters, the ITC site and Liverpool Waters - it’s all coming together now and that’s great.”

Preparatory work began at the Beaufort Road plot on Monday with deconatamination processes and a major clear up getting underway.

The group was welcomed by Wirral Council Leader Jeff Green, who said: “I think it’s great that it’s happening and they want to see something happening soon.

"I'm delighted that we have got to the stage where people can see we have started work on site."