Ontario. China and South Asia Branch

• China and South Asia Branch

The China and South Asia Branch was created in 1986, within the Trade Expansion Division of the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Technology. It resulted from the division of the former International Offices Branch into four new branches: the China and South Asia Branch; the Europe, Middle East and Africa Branch; the US and Latin America Branch; and the Pacific Rim Branch. These four new branches in turn formed part of the Industry and Trade Expansion Division. The branch maintained an international office in Hong Kong.

In 1989, the branch was dissolved when the Hong Kong Office was moved to the Pacific Rim Branch and the responsibilities for South Asia were moved to the Europe, Middle East and Africa Branch, which subsequently became the Europe, Middle East and South Asia Branch.

The China and South Asia Branch represented the Ontario Ministry of Industry, Trade and Technology, through offices in China and South Asia. Specifically, the branch's mandate was to attract new investment to Ontario by providing information, guidance, advocacy, and consulting services to foreign and domestic investors. It also provided financial assistance to encourage exports outside North America.

RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

Archives of Ontario. Inventory 9 - Records of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (February 1997)

Archivist(s):
B. Krawczyk, R. Anger