NZTE is New Zealand’s international business development agency. Our role is to make a difference for New Zealand by helping businesses grow bigger, better, faster in international markets. NZTE’s strategy supports the Government’s Business Growth Agenda, which creates conditions that encourage successful businesses to grow globally. NZTE’s customers are New Zealand’s internationalising businesses. We work with approximately 1500 - 2000 businesses at any one time and focus intensively on an active portfolio of 500 that have the scale, commitment and drive to succeed internationally. NZTE’s products and services help businesses to grow and succeed internationally. These include strategic advice, access to networks and influencers, research and market intelligence, and targeted financial support. We align our service with different stages of a business lifecycle – from starting and growing a business, through to exporting and operating internationally – and help address the scale and distance issues faced by New Zealand exporters. Some services are provided directly by NZTE staff in New Zealand and around the world, while others are provided through external organisations – such as Regional Business Partners and expert advisors – funded by NZTE. NZTE has ten offices in New Zealand and people in 36 locations around the world. We work in partnership with New Zealand businesses, helping to build strategic alliances and develop commercial relationships. We connect them with opportunities and contacts in international markets, and share our knowledge, experience and networks to help businesses develop capability and scale. Our focus is on international opportunities that match New Zealand's current/potential business capability and provide sustained economic benefit. We also help international investors to identify New Zealand-based opportunities and gain access to government and private sector contacts. In New Zealand we work closely with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade; the Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) and the Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI); and with Business New Zealand, the Chambers of Commerce, industry groups, and regional economic development agencies to support New Zealand exporters. Internationally we collaborate with ‘NZ Inc’ agencies to promote New Zealand and support the growth of New Zealand businesses. New Zealand Central (NZC) is a Wholly Foreign Owned Enterprise (WFOE) of NZTE and provides a heart and home for NZ business in China including function and event space, VIP hospitality, hot desks and business facilities to support the growth of New Zealand business in China. New Zealand Central’s website is www.nzte.govt.nz/nzcentral