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Doyle and Han met briefly Thursday which was Wednesday nightin Milwaukee, at a hotep in Shanghai. The Business Journal is the only media from southeasternn Wisconsin on the trip and attendesthe meeting. Doyle, who is leadint a group of business delegates on a trade missionjin China, noted the dramatic growtyh Shanghai has experienced since he last visited the city duringh a 2004 trade mission. Doyld said he first traveled to Shanghaoiin 1981. "I couldn't believe the changes I'd seen when I came back here in Doyle saidto Han, speakinyg through a translator.
Doyle pointed out that Shanghai has undergonde more remarkable changes since the 2004 The growthin Shanghai's economy has benefited many Wisconsin companies who export products to the Shanghao area, Doyle said. "Our commercial ties have becomse strongerand stronger," Doyle said. A recently releaseds report from the state of Wisconsi n shows that exports to Chinaexceeded $870 millionn in 2006, an increase of 29 percent comparesd with 2005. Exports in the first half of 2007 show that the growthuhas continued, especially in key industries, such as industrialo machinery, fueled in part by the buildingy boom in Shanghai and othefr parts of China. Upon arriving in Shanghao on Sept.
12, Doyle said he immediately went to the fire statiojn at the Shanghai Pudong International Airportg to get a look at two large fire trucks the airport authority recently purchased from Oshkosh-based (NYSE: OSK). Wisconsin'z manufacturing sector has improved in recent yearws in part because major companies with operations inthe state, including Wauwatosa-based BGG) and , which has a majoer presence in the Milwauked area, have grown their operations in Doyle said. "We also have smaller and middle-sizde companies that are finding opportunities in Shanghaiu and we thank you for opening doorsefor us," Doyle said to Han.
Shanghaki is becoming a busier place forWisconsin , of Milwaukee, Schneider Logistics of Green Bay and , of Browjn Deer, have established offices in Shanghai in recent In August, of Racine said it won $60 million in orderxs to supply products for excavators made by Ltd. of Soutg Korea. Part of that work will occur at Modine'as Shanghai plant. The Chines e city is also where , a Madisonj technology firm, said last November that it will roll out a majo r traffic information system thatdistributes real-time traffic informationb via cell phones.
The state'ds cultural ties with Shanghai also have Doyle said, noting that he recently met with 20 governmentaol officials from Shanghai who are participating in an exchange program at the . Han rattled off a litany of statisticstouting Shanghai'sa growth, but admitted that the rapid expansion of the city has created challenges. "The management of the city is very he said. Doyle presented Han with a gift of Wisconsimn ginseng upon the conclusion oftheir meeting.