Mr. Fernando Lin, age 45, a Chinese citizen born in Taiwan has been a resident of Argentina since 1976. He began his career in the export import business between the People's Republic of China and Argentina using his language skills in Mandarin, Spanish and English. Mr Lin is a lobbyist, with excellent contacts in the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He travelled to the PRC with several business delegations and government officials with President Carlos S. Menem and Fernando de la Rúa. He participated as well in several visits to China led by governors Jorge Escobar of San Juan, Florencio Tenev of Chaco, J.Manfredotti of Tierra del Fuego, former minister A. Erman Gonzalez and several Argentine members of Congress. Since 1990 Mr. Lin has made over 54 business trips to China, where he has business relationships in over 100 of the top Chinese cities. Mr. Lin has direct access to over 30 governors and majors in the top provinces and cities of the PRC.He has been in charge of receiving several Chinese business delegations to Argentina during official visits, introducing them to Argentine companies. Mr. Lin participated actively in the organization of the official visit to Argentina of Mr. Jiang Zemin, President or the People's Republic of China.