Tianshi Today

On February 29th, 2008, Tiens Group’s Vice-presidents Mr Han Fusen and Mr Wu Yiqun attended China-Nigeria Business Forum in Beijing, which was held by China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT).

The Forum was held on the occasion of the first State Visit to China of the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Alhaji Umaru, Musa Yar’ Adua from February 27th to March 1st, with the main purpose of promoting cooperation and development of two countries’ economy and trade.

At 10am, the Forum started after the arrival of President of Nigeria with accompany of Nigeria’s Finance Minister, Foreign Minister and Transportation Minister, etc. First of all, the Chairman of CCPIT Mr Wan Jifei gave Welcome Remarks to the President and all the other guests. After that, the President of Nigeria made a keynote address which lasted about 20 minutes; in his address, the President gave his warm welcome to all the representatives of Chinese enterprises, thanked all the distinguished Chinese entrepreneurs for their outstanding contributions to Nigeria, and also expressed that Nigeria Government will provide preferential policy and supports to welcome more and more Chinese enterprises investing and developing in Nigeria.

The forum processed into the Interactive Section after the President’s address. The Vice-president of Tiens Group Mr Wu Yiqun was firstly given the opportunity to speak to the President. Representing Tiens Group, Mr Wu Yiqun gave his deep appreciation to the President for his warm reception of Mr Li Jinyuan (CEO & President of Tiens Group) and other Tiens delegates in his office last October, and also sincerely hoped that the first State Visit of President would achieve a great success.

As the second biggest economic entity in Africa, Nigeria, being very resourceful and with a big market, is a very important partner with China. It is believed that this State Visit of Nigeria President to China would surely strengthen the longstanding friendship of two countries; as one of the largest Chinese enterprises investing in Nigeria, Tiens Group will certainly provide more and more health and wealth to Nigeria people in future.

On the weekend 1-3rd February 2008, distributors from all over Europe and guests from other regions were invited to the 2nd European Convention in Budapest, Hungary. The theme for the whole weekend was “Brand New TIENS”, reflecting the innovation and development in the Europe region and celebrating the fantastic new TIENS branding.

The 2nd European Convention opened with a magnificent VIP dinner for over 100 top distributor and qualifiers at the Budapest Museum of Applied Arts. All attendees were honoured with the presence of TIENS President Li Jinyuan who held the opening speech, Mr. Richard Berry, Chairman of the FEDSA and Executive Director of the UK DSA, as well as Ms. Eva Rajki, Secretary General of the Hungarian DSA. TIENS Europe was represented by the Region Vice Presidents and the Region Directors.

Saturday the 2nd of February was reserved for the big convention — “BRAND NEW TIENS”. 2.500 distributors from over 20 countries came to see a combination of inspiring speeches, entertainment, recognition, training and introduction of new tools. Hosted by the Region VPs Fan Li and Dan Andersson and appreciated through the presence and participation of President Li, Richard Berry and Eva Rajki, the event marked another milestone in the development of TIENS Europe.

Speeches from President Li and the other VIP guests provided strategy and guidance for the year ahead and the European Sales & Marketing chain introduced the new training presentation pack and systems as well as TIENS’ new branding and the merchandizing materials available.

Country Manager of Croatia and the Country Manager of Hungary hosted the show and celebrated with the audience the success of the European distributors in a grandiose awarding ceremony. Crown of the show was the giving out of the 2007 Car Awards by President Li.

To celebrate the distributors’ success in 2007 and inspire everybody for 2008, the room was changed after the day and set up for a party with distributors and staff together chatting, laughing and dancing.

Sunday, the 3rd of February was dedicated to Training and again the region was highly honored with President Li Jinyuan giving an unscheduled very inspiring and highly memorable keynote training.

All attendees took new motivation and energy from the event to work even harder and reach higher goals in 2008. President Li announced the next European Convention to be held in November with 10,000 attendees and more great prices.