Chinese Migration Brokers Visit Federal New York Metropolitan Regional Center

Top executives from seven Chinese migration consulting firms recently visited Federal New York Metropolitan Regional Center and discussed its marketing campaign for a Westin Element hotel project in Flushing. The group of migration broker was organized and led by WestLink Group.  Artisan Business Group, Inc., is an authorized agent for WestLink Group to select high quality EB-5 projects in the U.S. For more information about marketing EB-5 projects in China, contact us today.

 

 

 

 

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Chinese Migration Brokers Held Meetings with EB-5 Regional Centers in New York

Mr. Brian Su, CEO of Artisan Business Group, and a group of Chinese migration brokers, recently held meetings in New York with top executives from New York Proton Regional Center and Maryland Center for Foreign Investment to discuss new EB-5 projects for Chinese and Asian markets. For more information about promoting EB-5 regional center projects in China, Korea, Vietnam, and India, please contact us today.

EB-5 Regional Centers Promotion and Investors Procurement Conference (Las Vegas) Announces VIP Speakers and Guests

After three successful EB-5 seminars in Chicago and New York City, Artisan Business Group is planning and hosting a one day "EB-5 Regional Centers Promotion and Investors Procurement - Meeting Migration Brokers and VIP Speakers from China, Taiwan, Korea and the US" Conference at Stratosphere Hotel on Feb 20, 2011. For the first time, top executives with licensed Chinese migration companies will join us in Las Vegas. Come to meet with the major brokers that have served over 50% Chinese market capacity.The event will be one of the best EB-5 conferences this year; it is sponsored by Wailian Overseas Consulting Group and NES Financial.

VIP Speakers and Guests (tentative):

Mr. John Jiang, Managing Director of Henry Global (China)
Ms. Hong Yu, US Project Manager, Wailian Overseas Consulting Group (China)
Dr. Winner Xing, CEO, Worldway Investment and Immigration (China)
Ms. Ling Zhang, General Manager, Worldway Investment (Macau)
Ms. Lucy Shi, CEO, Haiyi Immigration (China)
Mr. Lu Sun, VP, MasLink Group (China)
Mr. David Enterline, Immigration Attorney, WTW Taipei (Taiwan)
Mr. Yongjin Lee, Immigration Attorney, Jin Lee Law Group (Korea)
Ms. Melody Chen, China Managing Director, Artisan Business Group, Inc. (Hong Kong)

Mr. John Li, Managing Director, EB5Supermarket.com
Mr. George Ekins, CEO, Los Angeles Regional Center & Las Vegas Regional Center
Mr. Brian Dickens, Administrator, Idaho Department of Commerce

Mr. Michael Gibson, Managing Principal, USAdvisors
Mr. Brian Terwilliger, Vice President, NES Financial

More details are coming soon, Space is very limited, please register today at http://eb5.eventbrite.com

The City of Dallas Regional Center Secures Funds for Call Center Project

The City of Dallas Regional Center (CDRC) announces commitments from 30 foreign nationals to invest $500,000 each – a total of $15 million – to provide a loan to Encore Enterprises, Inc., to operate a call center in central Dallas. The EB-5 investment project will result in the creation of at least 300 new jobs. This is the first major success from the City of Dallas program established to attract EB-5 foreign investment to job-creating enterprises.

New York EB-5 Seminar Claims Success

The New York EB-5 Seminar hosted by Artisan Business Group drew a big turnout on January 25.

 

Nearly 50 EB-5 developers, attorneys and commercial real estate developers attended the event. Mr. Jason Lee, CEO of MasLink Group, Lu Sun, VP of MasLink Group, Ms. Gillian Shuang, Managing Director of PKF Beijing, and Mr. Jimmy Chen, Deputy Director of Guangdong Provincial Exit and Entry Service Association, discussed the recent Chinese high court's interpretation on illegal fundraising activities. Mr. Michael Gibson of USAdvisors, Kevin Wright of Wright Johnson LLC, Ms. Julia Park (immigration attorney), Mr. Brian Terwilliger of NES Financial, Mr. John Li of EB5Supermarket.com and Mr. Walter Huang (Chinese investment banker) spoke at the seminar. For our upcoming Las Vegas seminar, please log on http://eb5.eventbrite.com today.

Brian Su Speaks at EB-5 Seminar in Flushing New York City on January 23, 2011

Mr. Brian Su is invited by the Law Offices of Siegel Wang & Associates to speak at an EB-5 seminar in Flushing, New York City, on January 23.

The Supreme People’s Court’s Interpretation of Several Issues Concerning Specific Application of Law in the Trial of Criminal Cases about Illegal Fundraising (English Version)

The Supreme People’s Court’s Interpretation of Several Issues Concerning  Specific  Application of Law in the Trial of  Criminal Cases about Illegal Fundraising, which was adopted at the 1502^nd  meeting of the Judicial Committee of the Supreme People’s Court on November 22^nd 2010 , are hereby promulgated and will come into force as of January 4^th 2011.

December 13^th, 2010                                                              

No. (2010) 18 of Judicial Interpretation

The Supreme People’s Court’s Interpretation of Several Issues Concerning Specific Application of Law in the Trial of Criminal Cases about Illegal Fundraising

 (Adopted at the 1502^nd meeting of the Judicial Committee of the Supreme People’s Court on November 22^nd 2010)

In order to punish in accordance with laws those criminal activities such as illegal money collection from the public and/or fraud in financing, the judicial interpretation of the several issues concerning the specific application of the law in the trial of criminal cases about illegal fundraising shall be as follows: 

Article 1:  Any conduct of soliciting fund from the social public (including firms and individuals) which is in violation of provision of China financial administration act and meet the following four circumstances at the same time, unless otherwise specified by Criminal Law,   shall be identified as illegally soliciting public deposits or pooling public deposits in disguised form as defined in article 176 of the Criminal Law:

1. Soliciting fund without the approval from competent authorities or through imitating the form of lawful operation;

2. Making publicity to the society through channels like media, presentation conference, flyers or SMS, etc;

3. Promising to refund the principal and interest in kind, in cash or in shares or repay within a certain period of time;

4. Soliciting fund from the social public, namely non-specific object.

Fundraising without publicity to the society but only among families, friends and relatives or among specific persons in a company should not be identified as illegal money collection or disguising for public deposit.

Article 2:  Any one of the following activities which is involved in Article 1.1 of this interpretation shall be convicted as the crime of illegally soliciting public deposits in accordance with the provision of article 176 of the Criminal Law and be punished accordingly:

1.  Illegally soliciting fund by means of principal-refund sales, sublease promise after sales, agreed redemption,  selling fractional property ownership, etc., without the actual content of property sales or not for the purpose of property sales;

2. Illegally soliciting fund by means of transferring forest property and entrusted management;

3. Illegally soliciting fund by means of entrusted planting (cultivation), rent of land for planting (cultivation) or associated planting (cultivation);

4. Illegally soliciting fund in form of commodity buy-back or consignment instead of selling real commodity or providing real service, or not for the purpose of selling commodity or providing service;

5. Illegally soliciting fund by means of fictitious equity transfer or offering fictitious bonds without the actual content of issuing shares and bonds;

6. Illegally soliciting fund by means of pretending to be offshore fund and/or offering fictitious fund without actual content of raising fund;

7. Illegally soliciting fund by means of pretending to be the insurance companies and forging insurance documents without actual content of insurance sales;

8. Illegally soliciting fund in form of buying a share for investment;

9. Illegally soliciting fund in form of entrusted assets management;

10. Illegally soliciting fund under the name of non-governmental organizations or civil society organizations; 

11. Other conducts of illegally soliciting funds.

The English version is translated and provided by Artisan Business Group, Inc., for  a complete 5-page copy of the legal interpretation, contact us today.