On June 22, 2023, the CCRPA of the China Real Estate Investment Association held a new presidential election at the chamber's office. Zhang Jinpeng JIM ZHANG was elected as the fifth president of the chamber, and a handover ceremony between the new and old presidents was held at the Longgang Hotel on the evening of July 6.
Former President Sun Zhifeng Steven Sun first congratulated Zhang Jinpeng on his election as the new President and thanked the Chamber of Commerce directors for their strong support in the past few years. In addition, on the day of the election, he briefly reported to the directors on the summary of his term of office work:
Propose the development policy of "mutual respect, seeking common ground while reserving differences, fair competition, and common development"
Rent and decorate a professional office of 2500 square feet in the Chamber of Commerce
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Hiring an Office Manager
Expand the size of the Chamber of Commerce Council (currently 84 members)
Expand the membership size of the Chamber of Commerce (now with over 300 company members)
Expand the membership size of the Chamber of Commerce (currently 12000 members)
Expand the Chamber of Commerce region (now covering national organizations such as Vancouver, Canada)
Expand the diversity of chamber of commerce members (now covering six major industries in real estate and services - real estate and development; finance and credit; construction and materials; home and appliances; design and decoration; real estate related services)
Commend and reward nearly 300 outstanding real estate practitioners
Actively cooperate with the Canadian Real Estate Institute REIC to cultivate over 150 real estate academicians FRI
Actively cooperate with CCIM, provide classrooms, and recommend students to participate in the study and certification of commercial real estate professionals
Actively cooperate with charitable organizations such as Yikang Elderly Care Center to promote the CCRPA YEE HONG HERO Million Charity Hero Project (300000 yuan has been raised in the first year of 2022-2023)
Actively support and participate in community and public welfare affairs (donation of the Nanjing Massacre Monument, donation of local PPE in China and Canada during the COVID-19 epidemic, Chinese Loong Cultural Festival...)
Won the Annual Best Association Award from the Canadian Institute of Real Estate and Toronto Branch for two consecutive years (2021&2022)
Holding the Real Estate Expo for four consecutive years (2018/2019/2021/2022) (The 2023 Real Estate Expo will be held at the end of September, and preparations are now basically ready. 98% of the investment promotion work has been completed)
Develop and gradually expand the annual four major brand events of the Real Estate Chamber of Commerce - "Real Estate Awards Ceremony", "Real Estate Voice", "Real Estate Golf Championship", "Real Estate Expo"
Subsequently, Sun Zhifeng invited Zhang Jinpeng to the stage, and the two new and old presidents shook hands and embraced each other. Sun Zhifeng handed over the office key and bank card to Zhang Jinpeng, congratulating and looking forward to Zhang Jinpeng continuing to lead the chamber of commerce to a higher stage of development.
Zhang Jinpeng thanked everyone for their trust in his speech and elected himself as the next president! At the same time, taking the oath of office as the new president, Zhang Jinpeng highly praised President Sun Zhifeng for his tremendous contributions to the Chamber of Commerce in the past few years, bringing the Real Estate Chamber of Commerce to a historical height in terms of its scale, strength, and influence. He assured all the directors that he will continue to work hard, stand on the shoulders of giants, and lead the Chamber of Commerce to further develop under the policy of "carrying forward the past, updating concepts, improving mechanisms, and innovating development". At the same time, ensure to form a new cabinet and standing committee as soon as possible and devote them to new work.
CCRPA, the China Real Estate Investment Association, was established in 2006. Over the past 17 years, with the strong support of various levels of politicians, business celebrities, industry professionals, and community leaders, and the joint efforts of all members, the association has achieved tremendous development. The current Chamber of Commerce Council is composed of 84 outstanding individuals from the real estate, financial, business, academic, and non-governmental sectors, with the Chamber's headquarters located in Toronto. The Canada China Real Estate Chamber of Commerce currently has more than 300 real estate and related corporate members, with over 12000 individual members spanning the east and west coasts of Canada. It is the largest organization and platform in the Chinese Canadian real estate industry, and also gathers elites from various industries related to real estate, including real estate, investment, development, construction, design, finance, housing loans, property inspection, property evaluation, insurance, lawyers, accountants, home furnishings, home appliances, and building raw material supply. It has gradually formed four major chamber of commerce event brands - "Real Estate Awards Ceremony", "Real Estate Voice", "Real Estate Golf Championship", "Real Estate Expo", and charity project - CCRPA YEE HONG HERO Million Charity Heroes, among others, with high quality and height. Influential activities and public welfare undertakings.