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Delegation seeks to increase ties between Washington and China
Lt. Governor with delegation from China

Lt. Governor Owen and his chief of staff, Juliette Schindler Kelly, met on May 8 with Zhang Jigang, deputy director general of the Foreign Affairs Office of Shandong Provincial People's Government, to discuss Washington's ties with the Chinese province. The lieutenant governor has visited various cities in Shandong three times since 2002. Trade and tourism ties between the two regions have strengthened over the last decade. With Mr. Zhang were Fei Debao and Anna Chen from the Foreign Affairs Office, and Cui Aimin from the Shandong Marine & Fisheries Department and Sun Maotian of the Shandong Provincial Tourism Adminstration. The delegation met with Washington State's Departments of Fish and Wildlife and Commerce as well as the Seattle Convention and Visitors Bureau, to promote marine industries and tourism.

Lt. governor welcomes cast iron conventioneers to Washington state

Lt. Governor speaks at cast iron convention

Lt. Gov. Owen welcomes the Griswold Cast Iron Cooking Convention to the state of Washington at a hotel in Renton on May 4. The lieutenant governor spoke about various attractions and points of interest throughout the state to the conventioneers, who came from across the U.S. and Canada. He also spoke of some specific points of interest to the collectors of cast iron, including the pergola made of cast iron at Seattle's Pioneer Square and the historic Chambers Building in Olympia, which has a cast iron facade.

Lt. Gov. Owen talks about democracy before
YMCA Youth Legislature at opening session

Lt. Governor Brad Owen was the keynote speaker before the YMCA Youth Legislature during its opening session in state Senate chambers on May 2. In the image below, the lieutenant governor is with Helen M. Szablya, consul general for the Republic of Hungary for Washington, Oregon and Idaho, whose story he included in his speech.  You may download an audio version (mp3 format) of his remarks here. (Video courtesy of TVW)Lt. Gov. Owen with Helen Szablya

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