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Committee of the 1</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN">4</SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体">th West Lake
International Conference on Small & Medium Business (WLICSMB</SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体">20</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN">12</SPAN><SPAN
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</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">pleased to take this opportunity
to warmly </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体">invite you to the
conference. The WLICSMB 20</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN">12</SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体"> will be held
from October </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN">13</SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体"> to </SPAN><SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN">15</SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体">, 20</SPAN><SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN">12</SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体">, in Hangzhou,
Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China. The conference is jointly
organized by Hangzhou Municipal Government, Zhejiang University of Technology,
Zhejiang Small & Medium Enterprises Bureau, World Association of Industrial
& Technological Research organizations</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
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</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
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Technology Economics</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
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</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体">The
University of Akron</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
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Clemson University Center for China Studies</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体">One of the conference’s
unique features is its aim to provide an international forum for professionals
both from academia and industry as well as from developing and developed
countries to share their research, ideas, and perspectives. <?xml:namespace
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w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Hangzhou</st1:City></st1:place> is an ancient lake
city with profound Chinese culture and character. Located some <st1:chmetcnv
w:st="on" UnitName="km" SourceValue="130" HasSpace="True" Negative="False"
NumberType="1" TCSC="0">130 KM</st1:chmetcnv> southwest of <st1:City
w:st="on">Shanghai</st1:City>, <st1:City w:st="on">Hangzhou</st1:City> is the
capital of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Zhejiang</st1:place>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Province</st1:PlaceType></st1:PlaceName>. <st1:State
w:st="on">Zhejiang</st1:State> is not only </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
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of </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
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<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region> but it is also the home of the
fastest growing small & medium businesses in the
world.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体">The theme of WLICSMB
20</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN">TRANSFORMATION
AND UPGRADING</SPAN></I></B><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体">. Please refer to one of
the WLICSMB Websites:</SPAN><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><U><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt">http://www.wlicsmb.org/</SPAN></U></B><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体"> for detailed
information including the conference’s research tracks, call for papers,
accommodation information, and registration (both in Chinese and in
English).</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN">
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体">Enclosed please find a
pamphlet of the Conference announcement and its preliminary schedule. Please
feel free to forward this invitation to any of your colleagues who may be
interested in the theme and topics of this conference. <SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>We look
forward to meeting you and welcoming you to the 1</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN">4</SPAN><SUP><SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体">th</SPAN></SUP><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体"> West Lake
International Conference on Small and Mid-sized Business in October
20</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN">12</SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体">.
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体">Yours truly,</SPAN><SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体">Renyong Chi, Ph.D.<SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN">Secretary-General</SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体"><SPAN
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</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face=Arial><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体">Professor of
Management<SPAN
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</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face=Arial><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体">College of Business
Administration<SPAN
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</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体"><FONT face=Arial>Zhejiang
University of Technology<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 3">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face=Arial><st1:City
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lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体">, People’s
Republic of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">China</st1:country-region></st1:place><SPAN
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</SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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